A worker in a match factory was reported to the Public Security Bureau by boasting in front of his mistress that he had killed the Eighth Route Army, and as a result, an unsolved case of the Eighth Route Army that had been hidden for more than ten years was revealed. The protagonist of this story is Huang Shangqing, a traitor who once participated in the Eighth Route Army, later rebelled into an undercover agent for the Japanese puppet army, and was finally sentenced to death.
Huang Shangqing's life experience and joining the Eighth Route Army
Huang Shangqing was born in a very poor family, and he did not have much education or proper occupation since he was a child. His personality is very greedy and opportunistic, always thinking of changing his fate and living a prosperous life through various means. He also relied on his cleverness and flattering skills to make a little famous, and he also had some money in his hands. He built a house in his hometown, married a wife, and lived a good life. However, his good days did not last long, and soon, the Japanese invaders entered China, bringing disaster to his life.
The Japanese not only destroyed his homeland, but also separated his wife and even killed his parents. This made Huang Shangqing hate the Japanese to the core, and also made him determined to take revenge. So, he resolutely joined an anti-Japanese team near his hometown at that time and became a soldier of the Eighth Route Army.
Huang Shangqing's mutiny and sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army
Huang Shangqing's original intention of joining the Eighth Route Army was not out of loyalty to the country and nation, but out of hatred for the Japanese and his own interests. He did not understand the specific life of the Eighth Route Army in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, nor did he agree with the revolutionary ideals and discipline of the Eighth Route Army. He just wanted to use the strength of the Eighth Route Army to take revenge on the Japanese, and at the same time wanted to get some benefits from it. However, he soon discovered that the life of the Eighth Route Army was not as hard and dangerous as he imagined, and there was no monetary benefit.
He did not receive much respect and reuse in the Eighth Route Army, but was often ostracized and despised by his comrades-in-arms. His greedy and speculative personality was also gradually exposed, making him more and more unpopular in the Eighth Route Army. He gradually began to be dissatisfied with the Eighth Route Army, and even had thoughts of betrayal.
In 1944, by chance, he got acquainted with the concubine of Wang Baofang, the leader of the puppet army at the time, and colluded with Wang Baofang through her. Wang Baofang saw Huang Shangqing's nature, so he promised to give him money, let him be an undercover agent of the Eighth Route Army, and always report to himself.
Huang Shangqing was already greedy for money, so he readily agreed and became an undercover agent. He not only provided Wang Baofang with the Eighth Route Army's plan of action and stationing location, but also planned a sneak attack on the Eighth Route Army with Wang Baofang. This sneak attack led to the sacrifice of many cadres and soldiers such as the district chief and deputy district captain of the Eighth Route Army, while Huang Shangqing took advantage of the chaos to escape, took refuge in Wang Baofang, and became his detachment leader.
Huang Shangqing's exposure and arrest
After Huang Shangqing rebelled, he has been hiding under Wang Baofang and participated in many attacks and sabotage of the Eighth Route Army. He also lived a rich life, had money and women, and even changed into a suit and dressed like a gentleman. He thought that he had escaped from the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army and could enjoy peace in peace. However, he did not expect that his crimes would one day be exposed, and it turned out to be one of his mistresses who exposed him.
In 1955, New China had been established for six years, and Huang Shangqing had been in hiding for more than ten years. In order to avoid being recognized, he came to work in a match factory in Kaifeng and worked as an ordinary worker. Here he befriended a female worker and became his mistress. However, he was not sincere about the female worker, but only to satisfy his own desires. He often beat and scolded the female worker, and even boasted in front of her that he had killed the Eighth Route Army and regarded himself as a hero. This made the female worker very dissatisfied and frightened.
She felt that Huang Shangqing was a dangerous person and a person who committed great crimes. She decided to expose him and bring him to justice. So, she found the local public security bureau and reported Huang Shangqing's true identity and crime to them. As soon as the Public Security Bureau heard this, they immediately sent people to the match factory to arrest Huang Shangqing. After Huang Shangqing was arrested, he wanted to quibble at first, but in front of the evidence, he had to admit his crime.
He also explained his collusion with Wang Baofang, as well as their sneak attack and sabotage of the Eighth Route Army. His confession shocked the personnel of the Public Security Bureau, and also allowed them to find the truth of an unsolved case of the Eighth Route Army that had been pending for more than ten years. It turned out that this unsolved case occurred in 1944, when a unit of the Eighth Route Army was suddenly attacked by the Japanese puppet army on the way to a mission, resulting in the sacrifice of many cadres and soldiers such as the district chief and deputy district captain, and also lost a number of important materials and documents.
This incident made the Eighth Route Army very sad and puzzled, because they did not know how the Japanese puppet army learned their plan of action and the location of their station. They had suspected a mole, but they never found any evidence. It wasn't until Huang Shangqing's arrest that they learned that all this was a conspiracy between Huang Shangqing and Wang Baofang, and that they used Huang Shangqing's undercover identity to obtain intelligence on the Eighth Route Army, and then carried out a sneak attack and sabotage of the Eighth Route Army.
This truth made the survivors of the Eighth Route Army feel extremely angry and sad, and also made them feel extremely disgusted and contemptuous for Huang Shangqing's crimes. They demanded that the Public Security Bureau severely punish Huang Shangqing and make him pay the price he deserves. The Public Security Bureau also tried Huang Shangqing based on his crimes, and finally sentenced him to death to punish him for treason and homicide, and also to show respect and condolences to the Eighth Route Army.