In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the main force of the Red Army in northern Shaanxi was reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and soon after, the Eighth Route Army created the first anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines, the Jin-Cha-Ji anti-Japanese base area. In November 1937, in the Wutai Mountain area of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei base area, the Eighth Route Army established the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, which had four military subdivisions under its jurisdiction.
The Jizhong Military Region is a second-level military region under the jurisdiction of the Jinchaji Military Region, which was formally established in April 1938. In addition to serving as chief of staff, Huang Shoufa also served as deputy commander of the Jizhong Column. However, Huang Shoufa made mistakes during his tenure and was finally shot. So, what is the story of Huang Shoufa?
Huang Shoufa was born in 1910 in Fujian Province to a poor peasant family. Born into such a family, Huang Shoufa began to herd cattle for landlords at a very young age in exchange for three meals a day. When he grew up a little, Huang Shoufa became an apprentice mason. At that time, craftsmen were often bullied, and it was not easy for Huang Shoufa to make a living outside, and he was eager to change his fate.
During the Great Revolution and the Agrarian Revolution, a vigorous peasant movement broke out in Huang Shoufa's hometown, and Huang Shoufa also joined the local Red Guards in 1929. In 1930, at the age of 20, Huang Shoufa joined the Red Army, entered the Red First Army, and became a soldier. After this, Huang Shoufa participated in the anti-"encirclement and suppression" battle in the Central Soviet Region with the Red First Army, and participated in the Long March after the failure of the fifth anti-"encirclement and suppression".
After arriving in northern Shaanxi, Huang Shoufa continued to participate in the Battle of Zhiluozhen, which consolidated the base area in northern Shaanxi, and made outstanding contributions to the revolution. After the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the Red Army units in northern Shaanxi were reorganized into the Eighth Route Army, and Huang Shoufa also entered the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army and participated in the Battle of Pingxingguan under the leadership of his superiors.
In 1938, the Jizhong Military Region under the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region was established, and the Jizhong Military Region mainly had four military subdivisions under its jurisdiction, and Huang Shoufa was arranged to the First Army Subdivision and served as a regiment commander of the first detachment. In the subsequent War of Resistance Against Japan, Huang Shoufa was active in the Jizhong Military Region for a long time, participated in the Battle of the Hundred Regiments, witnessed the surrender of the Japanese invaders, and ushered in the victory of the War of Resistance against Japan.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Huang Shoufa was appointed deputy commander of the Jizhong Column of the Eighth Route Army, and soon after was promoted to chief of staff of the Jizhong Military Region, becoming a senior cadre of the Jizhong Military Region. In the fall of 1946, Huang Shoufa's wife He Yin became pregnant, and Huang Shoufa began to dislike his wife, and developed into an affair with the nanny Shan Jieying.
In this case, Huang Shoufa instructed his guard Bian Zhenhai to shoot his wife, although Bian Zhenhai was Huang Shoufa's guard, but seeing that He Yin was pregnant, if he carried out the instructions of his superiors, it would be one corpse and two lives, so Bian Zhenhai was unwilling to carry out Huang Shoufa's order and refused Huang Shoufa.
On the other hand, Huang Shoufa's eyes gradually couldn't tolerate He Yin, and seeing that the guards did not carry out his orders, Huang Shoufa decided to shoot his wife himself. On the second day of the first lunar month in 1947, Huang Shoufa shot his wife three times, and He Yin, who was pregnant, fell in a pool of blood and lost her breath of life.
After the case, Huang Shoufa was quickly arrested by the Jinchaji Military Justice Department, when he refused to admit his crime, and later Huang Shoufa's guards came out to testify, telling Huang Shoufa's order to let him shoot He Yin, and the investigators also found blood stains on Huang Shoufa's clothes, and the evidence was conclusive, Huang Shoufa could only admit his crime.
It is worth mentioning that Huang Shoufa's case also alarmed Chairman Mao, who instructed: "Huang Shoufa's problem cannot be forgiven, and he must be executed", so Huang Shoufa was sentenced to death and executed in June 1948.