Suddenly, a scream came from the student dormitory, and the aunt from the nursery yelled in panic: "Director Chou, Director Chou, come quickly, something happened in the student dormitory."

Preface

In the early morning of August 19, 1945, Yan'an Los Angeles Nursery School was chattering about eating breakfast. Suddenly, a scream came from the student dormitory, and the aunt of the nursery school shouted in panic: "Director Chou, Director Chou, come quickly, something happened in the student dormitory." After hearing this, the nursery school Dean Chou Zi Gang was shocked because the aunt's shouts came from the cave where Liu Bocheng's daughter Liu Huabei lived. When she thought that Liu Huabei did not come to class this morning, she seemed to realize something and ran towards Liu Huabei's residence anxiously.

Children in a nursery in Los Angeles

Looking at the scene in front of him, Chou Zigang sat on the ground blankly. I saw Liu Huabei lying on the bed covered in blood, with a piece of flesh cut off from his abdomen...

Faced with everything in front of them, everyone didn't know what to do. They couldn't think of anyone who could be so cruel. Attacking an innocent little girl? What's more, she is the daughter of central leader Liu Bocheng. Immediately after the

murder occurred, the organization began to investigate the matter. Due to the underdeveloped technological means at the time, it was extremely difficult to deduce who the murderer was based on the circumstances at the crime scene.

Liu Bocheng and his wife

When everyone was at a loss, a young boy told the investigators: "On the night when Huabei was killed, an uncle wearing a turban came. I vaguely heard Huabei say to him 'Uncle, I recognize you'."

Subsequently, the investigators launched a detailed investigation. Despite many searches, the murderer was never found, which became Marshal Liu Bocheng's lifelong regret. So why did the murderer murder a child of several years old? Is there any other conspiracy behind this?

The couple served on the battlefield, and Xiao Huabei was forced to separate from his parents.

In 1936, Liu Bocheng and Wang Ronghua got married and made a promise to each other for a lifetime. Since then, there has been an enviable revolutionary couple in the team. In the years that followed, they took care of each other in life, made progress together in their careers, lived happily, and had seven children.

Liu Huabei is the eldest daughter of Liu Bocheng and his wife, born in 1940. There was already a boy at home before she was born. Liu Bocheng was very happy about the arrival of the girl.

When Liu Huabei was born, he was in the most difficult stage of the Anti-Japanese War. When Wang Ronghua gave birth, he couldn't even find a sheltered house. In order to give birth to the child, Wang Ronghua had to borrow the donkey pen of a nearby farmer.

After the Japanese army brutally raided

after the child was born, Liu Bocheng named his daughter Liu Huabei, which means that he will do his best to protect the North China region and fight the enemy to the end.

As a senior general of our army, Liu Bocheng has led his troops to fight in the north and south for a long time, and he stayed on the battlefield most of the time. The newborn little Huabei needed someone to take care of her. Under such circumstances, it was extremely inconvenient for her to follow the army with her parents.

At the same time, with the continuous consolidation of the Shaanxi-Gansu-Ningxia base area , in order to protect those precious revolutionary descendants and allow the frontline generals to feel at ease on the battlefield, the Party Central Committee decided to establish a nursery in a relatively safe place with dedicated personnel to take care of it. and protection. In this regard, Chairman Mao personally issued instructions: "This matter must be done quickly and properly. Children are our future and our hope. They must be raised well."

Under Chairman Mao's instructions, the party The "Central Nursery School" founded by the central government was officially established. After the nursery was established, leading comrades such as Chairman Mao, Zuo Quan, Liu Bocheng, and Ren Bishi sent their children here one after another. In order to take good care of these descendants of the revolution, the central government specially selected some responsible lesbians who were willing to endure hardships to take care of these children.

Children in the nursery

In the beginning, the conditions in the nursery were very difficult. Later, Soong Ching Ling mobilized his own connections and asked someone to send some medicines, toys, food and daily necessities donated by patriotic overseas Chinese and international friends in Los Angeles across the ocean to the nursery after many twists and turns.With the help of international friends, the nursery quickly solved the current difficulties.

In order to thank international friends for their donations, the Central Nursery School was renamed the Los Angeles Nursery School. The children who studied here all had a relatively happy childhood.

After Liu Huabei came to the nursery, although he was not accompanied by his parents, fortunately his brother Liu Taihang was also in the nursery. Liu Huabei chased his brother all day long, much like his little tail. Liu Huabei, who had lacked the love of his parents since childhood, also found some satisfaction from his brother.

Little Huabei, who has big eyes and long eyelashes, smiles like a doll. She is also the most obedient child in the nursery. Because she is very well-behaved and cute, the nursery also likes her very much.

Children in the nursery

At that time, Liu Bocheng and Wang Ronghua were both fighting on the front line and had no time to come back to see their children. Even if they return to Yan'an , they still have to attend combat meetings and report on the combat situation, and have no time to come to the nursery to visit Liu Huabei. Because, little Huabei always opened his eyes and asked the childcare worker around him: "I haven't seen my parents for a long time. When will my parents come back to see me?"

Looking at the crying little Huabei, the childcare worker He held her in his arms and comforted her: "Mom and dad are doing a great thing. When the day of victory comes, you can live with your parents."

Young Xiao Huabei said to She has no concept of war, but she is very sensible. She firmly believes that her parents are doing something unusual and will come to pick her up after their career is successful.

The staff's temporary negligence gave the murderer an opportunity to take advantage of

After 14 years of bloody battles, the Chinese military and civilians won the great victory of the Anti-Japanese War. On August 15, 1945, Japan announced its unconditional surrender, and the Chinese people were about to usher in a peaceful life.

Liu Bocheng during the Anti-Japanese War

Although the Japanese surrendered, the war was not over. Chiang Kai-shek began to plot to launch a civil war for the sake of dictatorship. On the eve of the war, Kuomintang agents continued to sneak into the liberated areas, especially Yan'an, where many agents with unknown identities and cruel methods gathered.

While inquiring about our military's intelligence, these spies also used extremely cruel means to carry out various sabotages, hoping to use this method to force the Party Central Committee to surrender. At this time, the Yan'an Nursery became the "key focus" of the spies, because there were not only the children of the central leaders, but also the children of some senior generals of our army and the orphans of martyrs. In order to protect these children, the

organization has specially increased its management efforts. They have built strong fences around the nursery. At the same time, staff were also dispatched to guard the site 24 hours a day.

One day at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, the aunt on duty was surprised to find that there were two people wearing white headscarves swinging above the cave dwelling where the children lived, and at the same time there were bursts of noises coming from outside the wall. After hearing this, Aunt

felt something was wrong, so she shouted loudly: "Catch the bad guy." After hearing this, other staff members hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's going on?"

The director of the nursery, Ushioka

, disappeared in an instant while he was speaking. Everyone heard the sound of someone running outside and quickly chased them out. After searching the nearby crops and hillsides for a while, they found no trace.

After this incident, the director called the gay men from the cooking class to come over and work together. Since then, the management of the nursery has become stricter and the protection of children has become more cautious. But even under such strict protection, loopholes still appeared.

On the evening of August 18, 1945, the director of the nursery, Chou Zigang, came to the cave dwelling where the children lived and began to inspect them one by one. It was already eleven o'clock in the evening after the inspection. After seeing the children sleeping peacefully, she left happily. Before

left, Chou Zigang specifically told the two childminders on duty, Zhou Guizhi and Liang Guoxin, to take good care of their duties and take strict precautions.

Children in the nursery

Zhou Guizhi and Liang Guoxin know the importance of these children and are serious and responsible in their work.Just after the director left, they once again checked the cave dwelling where the children lived. After making sure that there was no problem, they started chatting in the yard and looking at the cave dwelling.

In August in the north, the weather gradually turns cooler at night. As the weather got colder and colder, Zhou Guizhi's body couldn't bear it anymore. She said to Liang Guoxin: "You stay here for a while, I'll boil some hot water and I'll be back soon." Before leaving, Zhou Guizhi deliberately Liang Guoxin was told to watch carefully and not make any mistakes. A few minutes after Zhou Guizhi left, Liang Guoxin's stomach suddenly hurt. She wanted to call Zhou Guizhi, but she was worried that she would shout too loudly and wake up the sleeping children.

For this reason, Liang Guoxin kept enduring it, but after a while her stomach became more and more painful. She felt that there should be nothing wrong in the dead of night, so she went back to the room to find painkillers, but unexpectedly, in this short time, In just a few minutes, the murderer was given an opportunity.

Chou Zigang and the children

A few minutes later, Liang Guoxin returned to the courtyard, and Zhou Guizhi also rushed over. The two of them went to the cave dwelling where the children lived one by one to inspect, but found nothing strange.

The next morning, after the wake-up whistle blew, the children climbed out of bed one by one. However, the childcare worker responsible for taking care of the children discovered that Liu Huabei did not come out.

In the eyes of everyone, Liu Huabei is a typical good boy. He usually gets up actively and never lets his aunts worry. They were worried about what had happened, so they walked towards the cave dwelling where Xiao Huabei lived.

She saw Xiao Huabei still lying on the bed, so she pushed her, but the child never moved. When the quilt was lifted, everyone around him was frightened. They saw that Xiao Huabei was covered in blood and his body was already cold. A closer look revealed that a piece of flesh had been cut out of the child's belly with a knife. The scene was horrific...

The nursery staff reported the news to Director Chou Zigang, who immediately took care of him. Arriving at the cave dwelling where Xiao Huabei lived, Chou Zigang burst into tears when he saw Xiao Huabei lying in a pool of blood. She didn't expect that Xiao Huabei, who was still alive and kicking yesterday, would just lie in front of her and close his eyes forever.

Children in the nursery

Chou Zigang temporarily suppressed the grief in his heart and reported the matter to the Minister of Health Fu Lianyi as soon as possible and asked them to go to the scene to check. At this time, Chou Zigang was very sad. She didn't know how to face Liu Bocheng and his wife.

Liu Bocheng and his wife were immersed in the joy of victory. Due to the surrender of the Japanese, Liu Bocheng's burden was much lighter. He decided to go back to Yan'an with his wife Wang Ronghua to see his baby daughter.

On the day of their departure, Liu Bocheng packed everything early and couldn't wait to see his children. His wife Wang Ronghua got some candies and red dates that the children liked to eat, and the couple happily prepared to set off.

While they were eating, they suddenly received news that their daughter had been murdered. Hearing this, the chopsticks in Wang Ronghua's hand also fell to the ground.

Liu Bocheng's eyes were also filled with tears, but at this time he had to endure the pain and comfort his young wife: "Xiaohua, if you want to cry, just cry. You must hold on when you get to Yan'an, those It’s not easy for the lesbians in the nursery, otherwise they will be sad and blame themselves.”

After Liu Bocheng and his wife came to Yan’an, Liu Bocheng, accompanied by Chou Zigang, went to the cave where Liu Huabei lived. Chou Zigang said guiltily: "Chief, this is all my fault. If I hadn't been negligent, this wouldn't have happened."

Along the way, Liu Bocheng endured with extraordinary perseverance. When he arrived at his daughter's residence, big beads of sweat appeared on his forehead. He carefully pulled up the sheet and covered his daughter, and said to the people around him: "The enemy thought they killed my daughter, Liu Bocheng. I will be soft on them. It is simply wishful thinking. North China is not only my daughter, but also the daughter of the party and the people.The tragic death of the child was a contribution. This incident always reminds us that we must not forget the class struggle. If the enemy does not surrender, we will resolutely eliminate it. "

Finally, Liu Bocheng said: "As everyone thinks, this tragedy must be political, and we cannot fall into their trap. This matter needs to be investigated clearly by the people in the security department. They can't just ignore everything, let alone doubt their own comrades. "

At that time, Liu Bocheng was the commander of the Shanxi-Hebei-Luyu Military Region. After the Japanese surrender, he was preparing to lead his troops to attack the Kuomintang troops. The enemy's spies must have known about this situation, so they sent people to kill him. He came to Xiao Huabei and wanted to attack Liu Bocheng. For Liu Bocheng, his daughter's death would only strengthen his determination to defeat the Kuomintang reactionaries.

Liu Deng commanded the Shangdang Campaign.

The next day, Liu Bocheng and his wife buried their daughter in the back. After burying his daughter, Liu Bocheng immediately rushed to the front line, discussed the battle plan with Deng Xiaoping, and launched an attack on the Changzhi area controlled by the Kuomintang.

The murderer was a mystery, and Liu Bocheng regretted it. Passed away

While Liu Bocheng was fighting the enemy on the front line, the Party Central Committee attached great importance to the murder of Liu Huabei. The security department in Yan'an vigorously investigated the incident, but no results were obtained. The investigators were at a loss. At that time, a child who lived in the same cave with Xiao Huabei provided an important clue.

During the investigation, the child told the investigators: "That night, an uncle with a cloth on his head came to Huabei's bed. Huabei also said to the uncle in front of him, "I know you." Immediately afterwards, the uncle took out a biscuit and asked her not to make any noise. "

This clue is very important, but it also makes the whole thing more confusing. First of all, children cannot lie, especially for such a major matter, it is impossible to make up such words, and Xiao Huabei is familiar with the murderer, so Able to recognize each other at night.

Liu Bocheng and Deng Xiaoping's family (the little girl on the far left is Liu Huabei)

Since Xiao Huabei is familiar with this person, it proves that the murderer has been inside Yan'an for a long time, and has done so many times. Being close to Xiao Huabei and getting to know the children, it is very likely that he is a Kuomintang agent who has been lurking for a long time.

For this reason, all the staff of the nursery were scrutinized, but no suspicious circumstances were found that led to this case. It was never solved. Soon, the Liberation War started, and the matter was postponed.

Later, the organization wanted to continue to find the murderer of Liu Huabei, but because it was so long ago and there were no clues, the case could only be regarded as unsolved.

Although the murderer has always been a mystery, it is certain that the enemy's purpose of killing Xiao Huabei was to defeat Liu Bocheng. They could not defeat Liu Bocheng on the battlefield and could only use this cruel method to kill his daughter. Having experienced the pain of losing his daughter, Liu Bocheng's revolutionary will became stronger. He hid this pain in his heart, fought bravely on the battlefield, and made great contributions to the founding of New China.

Marshal Liu Bocheng's family

. However, Liu Bocheng was very sad every time he thought about his daughter. He was still thinking about it until the last moment of his life. In 1986, Marshal Liu Bocheng, who was suffering from illness, was about to reach the end of his life. He said sadly to his wife: "The case in North China has not been investigated clearly yet, and I will not rest in peace even if I die. "

In the end, Marshal Liu Bocheng, who spent his military life, left this world forever with this regret. Whenever people around him think of this incident, they feel very sad.

Marshal Liu Bocheng's family

This case has been going on for more than seventy years , but the real culprit who killed Xiao Huabei has still not been found.Maybe the murderer is no longer alive, but he used such cruel methods to kill a child, and he is destined to be condemned by his conscience throughout his life. This is also the fundamental reason why the Kuomintang failed.