On October 7, 1986, Liu Bocheng, who was already 94 years old, was lying on a hospital bed very weakly.
His family members were all around him at the moment.
Liu Bocheng slowly opened his eyes, his fingers trembled slightly, and his lips squirmed, trying to say something.
But his family couldn't hear what he was saying, so they had to listen closely.
Only to hear Liu Bocheng's mouth constantly chanting: "Xiaohuabei, Xiaohuabei, I'm sorry Xiaohuabei." I don't die blind, I die blind! ”
Hot tears ran down his face, and the family couldn't help but shed tears when they saw this scene.
So, who is this Little North China in Liu Bocheng's mouth? Why did he say before he died that he was blind?
Liu Bocheng and Xiaohuabei
During the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression in 1940, a large number of soldiers of our army came to the front line to defend their families and defend the country. They gave up their small homes for everyone and fought hard to stand in front of the people.
In order to protect their families, our party deliberately set up a nursery in Yan'an. Many children of the revolutionary ancestors studied and lived here.
Among them were Liu Bocheng's eldest son Liu Taixing and his second daughter Liu Huabei.
She was the child of Liu Bocheng and his third wife, Wang Ronghua, and was born in the most difficult years.
At that time, when Wang Ronghua was in production, the enemy was sweeping outside. In order not to drag the comrades down, Wang Ronghua dragged his heavy body to an abandoned donkey pen.
At that time, Wang Ronghua not only had to bear the pain brought by his body, but also worried that the enemies outside would rush in.
It was in this situation that Wang Ronghua gritted her teeth and gave birth to the child.
At that time, Liu Bocheng was running around the front line for the war, and it was not until half a year after the birth of the child that he saw his wife and children.
When Liu Bocheng saw his daughter, he held him in his arms and did not let go. But soon, Liu Bocheng had to leave again and go to the front. Liu Bocheng did not want to be reunited with his wife and children, but at this moment, the country and the nation were in a moment of peril, and he could only choose the country.
Before leaving, Liu Bocheng hugged Xiaohua and said very gently: "Our Xiaohuabei will grow up quickly, and when you grow up, your father will take you to many places." ”
After speaking, Liu Bocheng kissed his daughter's little face and hurried away.
At the moment when he walked to the door, Xiao Huabei seemed to understand the words, and opened his mouth to make an "aaaah" sound.
Listening to this voice, Liu Bocheng wanted to look back, but he resisted, because he knew that the soldiers on the front line needed themselves more at this moment.
In this way, young Liu Huabei grew up day by day in the nursery.
At that time, the living conditions in the nursery were very difficult, and the War of Resistance Against Japan, coupled with the Kuomintang's economic blockade of the Yan'an area, led to insufficient food to eat, and everyone was shrinking clothes and dieting, hungry and full.
It doesn't matter if the adults eat less, but these children are just growing up and can't let them go hungry.
To this end, the warriors saved their rations so that the children could eat eggs every day.
Xiaohuabei, like all children, will smile happily as long as there is something delicious.
Still
Here, everyone likes Xiaohuabei very much, because she not only looks very cute, but her mouth is also very sweet, and she calls uncles and aunts when she sees people.
Such a cute child, anyone who sees it, wants to hug her.
But despite the love of so many people in Xiaohuabei, she still feels a little lonely.
Because her parents hadn't seen her in a long time.
Sometimes, she would say to her good friend Dunlin, "Why don't mom and dad come to see me, I miss them so much." ”
Deng Lin was deng xiaoping's daughter, and when she heard Xiao Huabei say this, she also said with some unhappiness: "I am too, my parents have not come for a long time, do they not want me anymore." ”
The two little girls sat there like this, shrugging a small face, very aggrieved.
Whenever this happened, the head of the nursery, Ugly Gang, would take them in his arms and comfort them very gently: "Your parents love you very much, but they are fighting the bad guys on the battlefield, and when the war is over, they will come back to see you." ”
"When will the war end?" Xiao Huabei looked up at his small face and said innocently.
"It's over soon." Ugly Gang pinched Xiao Huabei's face and said.
"How many days will that be?" Deng Lin asked with a puzzled face.
She took Deng Lin and Xiao Huabei to the room and said, "I don't know about this question, but you must know that we will definitely win the final victory, and your parents will come to see you when the time comes." ”
"Really?" The two children asked in unison, and ugly Gang nodded and let them sleep obediently.
When the two children were asleep, ugly Gang walked out lightly and walked in the direction of the conference room.
However, after the end of the War of Resistance Against Japan, XiaoHua's parents did not come back to see her.
Because Chiang Kai-shek openly tore up the Double Tenth Agreement, he launched a fierce attack on the Communist Party.
Based on Chiang Kai-shek's behavior, some Kuomintang agents set their sights on these children in the nursery.
They wanted to take matters into their hands on these innocent children as a way to threaten the Communist generals fighting on the front lines.
In order to better infiltrate the nursery, Kuomintang agents would often disguise themselves as nearby villagers and come here to inquire about the situation.
During this time, the nursery staff also noticed something unusual.
Once, a childcare worker was playing with her children when she suddenly spotted a middle-aged man walking around the neighborhood with a very strange track.
Although he was dressed the same as the villagers nearby, his eyes remained fixed on the children.
The nurseryman sensed something was wrong and rushed to take the children back to the house. And report the matter to Ugly Gang.
When ugly Zigang learned of this, she suspected that these people were likely to be Agents of the Kuomintang, and in order to protect the children, she deliberately asked two guards from her superiors and asked the nursery staff in the nursery to strengthen their vigilance to avoid leaving the children alone.
Despite this, Ugly Gang was still uneasy, and she gathered the children together and said to them, "You must not run alone lately, especially at night." If you want to go to the toilet at night, call your aunt in your room, you know? ”
"Got it!" The children said in unison.
But even so, the Kuomintang agents still did not give up, and they even sneaked into the nursery at night.
However, what they did not expect was that in order to ensure the safety of the children, the ugly gang deliberately let the nursery staff come out at night to patrol the post.
One night, Xiao Zhang, a nursery nurse at the nursery, was lying outside the cave observing the situation. Suddenly, he noticed two figures appearing on top of the cave, so he immediately shouted, "Come on! Catch the spies! ”
With his voice, the figures of the two men quickly disappeared. The other nurserymen who heard the news ran out, and even ugly Gang rushed over.
They came to the cave that Xiao Zhang said and looked around, but they didn't find any figures.
But Xiao Zhang said very affirmatively: "I saw, there are really two figures on it." ”
Ugly Gang knew that Xiao Zhang was not lying, and she also knew how cunning these Kuomintang agents were. So she told the duty officer tonight: "We must strengthen our vigilance tonight, and report any abnormalities to me in time." ”
Xiaohuabei was brutally killed
After this incident, ugly Gang made everyone in the nursery cheer up, not only to go out on patrol every night, but also to take turns to go into the cave to check on the children's condition.
Despite the vigilance of ugly gangs and the nurserymen in the nursery, they still could not resist the frenzied Kuomintang agents.
On the morning of August 19, 1945, the nursery workers blew the whistle of getting up, and the children came out of the cave one by one and stood in line.
The nurseryman looked at the children while counting the number of people. When the last child came out, the nurseryman found that there were not enough people, and there was still one child left.
The nurseryman looked carefully and found that Xiaohuabei had not come, so she hurriedly crouched down and asked Liu Taixing, who was standing in the first row: "Taixing, what about your sister Xiaohuabei?" How she hadn't come out, she had never been in bed before. ”
Liu Taixing shook his head and said blankly, "I don't know." ”
The nurseryman, guessing that the child might be sick, hurried to the cave and shouted.
"Little North China, wake up quickly, the sun wants, ah!" The moment the nursery lifted the quilt, she let out a scream and then slumped on the ground.
I saw the young North China, lying on the bed covered in blood, and a piece of flesh was shaved off of his stomach.
Ugly Gang and the others, who heard the nurseryman's cry, rushed over and were all incredulous when they saw this scene.
XiaoHuabei was just a child, how could someone inflict such a poisonous hand on her?
Ugly Gang stepped forward and wanted to touch Xiao Huabei's face, but the hand that had just been extended was retracted.
She sat directly on the ground, only to feel that her eyes were black, and tears flowed uncontrollably. Ugly Zigang dared to believe what was happening in front of her, and last night she also covered Xiaohuabei with a quilt, and Xiaohuabei also let herself go to rest early. How today, things have become like this.
People around her helped her up, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Protect the scene and don't let anyone in." Also, look after the other children in the yard. ”
Subsequently, ugly Zigang immediately reported the matter to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Security. And called the nurseryman who was on duty last night.
After the two nurserymen came over, they saw Xiaohuabei lying on the bed covered in blood, and one of the older caregivers directly fainted.
The other young nurseryman said a word.
She "pounced" and fell to her knees, tears couldn't help but flow out, and said, "How can this be?" Last night, I also coaxed Xiaohua to sleep. ”
Ugly Gang lifted her up and asked her to recall carefully what had happened last night.
After the young nurseryman stabilized his mood, he began to recall what happened last night.
Last night, after a few rounds of patrolling outside, the young nurseryman didn't notice anything unusual, and she prepared to go to the cave to check on the children's sleep.
On the way there, she met an old nurseryman on duty at another time. Because of the cold weather, the old nurseryman wanted to boil some water to drink.
She told the old nurseryman to hurry back and then go on to the cave herself.
But shortly after the old nurseryman left, the young nurseryman suddenly felt a sharp pain in her stomach, and the pain caused her to directly crouch on the ground.
After squatting for a long time, she still did not slow down, so she hurried out of the courtyard and went to her residence to take some painkillers.
After taking the medicine, she eased up. Then she immediately went to the courtyard where the children were resting.
On the way, I also met the old nurseryman who had finished drinking water, and after the two arrived at the yard together, they looked around several times and found nothing unusual.
After listening to the young nurseryman, ugly Zigang let her go out first.
After the young nurseryman went out, ugly Zigang walked to the bed, looked at Xiaohuabei who was covered in blood in front of him, and cried: "Xiaohuabei, you can rest assured, Auntie will find your murderer." ”
She immediately reported the matter to the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Security.
Soon, Liu Bocheng and Wang Ronghua also knew the news of their daughter's death, they could not believe this fact, Liu Bocheng asked: "Is this news true?" ”
The correspondent on the side nodded and said, "It's true, it was said by the ugly director himself." And she also asked you and your wife to go to the nursery to discuss how to solve this matter. ”
Hearing the correspondent's words, Liu Bocheng's mind went blank, and he waved his hand to let the correspondent out.
When the correspondent was gone, he suddenly slumped in his chair. And his wife Wang Ronghua also threw herself into his arms and couldn't help but cry out loud: "My little North China, my poor daughter!" ”
In the afternoon of the same day, Liu Bocheng and his wife rushed to the nursery.
As soon as ugly Zigang saw them, he hurried up, but he didn't wait for her to speak. Liu Bocheng then said, "First let me meet Xiaohuabei." ”
Immediately, ugly Gang led them to the cave where Xiaohuabei lived.
At this time, Xiaohuabei was lying quietly on the bed, still covered with a white sheet.
Liu Bocheng trembled his hands, lifted the white sheet covering his daughter's body, and when he saw his daughter's pale little face, Wang Ronghua directly collapsed, she lay on the side of the bed and cried bitterly, and her mouth kept shouting her daughter's name.
Liu Bochengqiang held back tears and helped his wife up. The nurserymen outside the house saw this scene and their eyes were red.
Subsequently, Liu Bocheng took his wife outside and asked ugly Zigang about the specific situation.
After telling Liu Bocheng and his wife what had happened, ugly Zigang stood in front of them with a cramped face.
Liu Bocheng comforted: "It's not your fault, it's that those Kuomintang agents are too hateful." ”
Then he came to the crowd and said, "Comrades, don't be too sad. The enemy is doing this to destroy my will and to make me afraid. But their wishful thinking was wrong, Xiaohuabei is not only my daughter Liu Bocheng, but also the daughter of the people, she died for the cause of the liberation of the country. This account, I Liu Bocheng will definitely get her back on the battlefield! ”
The identity of the murderer is a mystery
The murder of Xiaohuabei also attracted the attention of the central leaders, who questioned all the staff of the nursery and the nearby villagers, but found no clues.
At this time, a child living in a cave with Xiaohuabei said, "That night, I had a very strange dream. I saw a strange uncle with his head wrapped in cloth come to Xiaohua's bed. Xiao Huabei said that she knew this uncle, and then the uncle said, I will give you candy to eat. After that, I went to sleep because I was too sleepy. ”
The investigators took what he said very seriously, and immediately went to look for the person he said was wrapped in cloth.
However, they tracked down for a long time and did not find this person.
As a result, this case became a suspense case, and until now the murderer of Xiaohuabei has not been found.
After Liu Bocheng dealt with the funeral in Xiaohuabei, he endured his grief and returned to the battlefield again, and he wanted to get justice for his daughter.
And shortly after leaving Yan'an, he wrote a letter to the head of the Yan'an Security Agency, in which he said that his biggest wish at present is to find the murderer of his daughter and hope that they can continue to investigate.
In the subsequent period of the Liberation War, Liu Bocheng led the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army and won many victories on the battlefield, which made the Kuomintang soldiers afraid.
By 1949, after the founding of New China, Liu Bocheng was awarded the rank of marshal and was admired by the people.
However, Liu Bocheng still has regrets in his heart, because the murderer of his daughter has not yet been found.
Until his death, he kept chanting: "XiaoHuabei, I'm sorry for you!" I didn't find the murderer, I didn't look blind, I didn't look blind! ”
Hearing him say these words, everyone on the side couldn't help but cry.
The price behind the two words of hero is sacrifice, Liu Bocheng after losing his daughter, endured the grief and returned to the battlefield again, fighting for the country and the people.
It is precisely because of their efforts that new China can be established and our current life can be established.
We must firmly bear in mind the dedication and sacrifice of our revolutionary ancestors and strive to build the motherland.