"Look at it! That's what happened to them! Now it's your turn! If you want to live, tell me, as long as you say that you will no longer be a member of the Communist Party from now on, I will spare your life, and confess quickly! "
What is death! If I am afraid of death, I will not be a member of the Communist Party! What do you want me to confess? I don't have much to say! "In front of Liu Hulan and all the villagers, the enemy killed 6 revolutionary comrades with guillotines in an attempt to force Liu Hulan to submit.
In the face of the coercion and temptation of the Kuomintang reactionaries, the young Liu Hulan showed calmness beyond ordinary people. In the cold morning breeze, she slowly turned her head in the direction of the villagers, looked at them affectionately for the last time, and then calmly walked towards the blood-stained guillotine. This scene, which is highlighted in the movie "Liu Hulan", has touched generations of Chinese, and everyone has been shocked and impressed by Liu Hulan's revolutionary spirit of sacrificing his life for righteousness.
Liu Hulan was born on October 8, 1932 in a poor peasant family in Wenshui County, Shanxi Province. At the age of 14, she was killed for carrying out revolutionary work.
After Liu Hulan bravely took justice, ** inscribed for her "The greatness of life, the glory of death". However, who was the ** who killed Liu Hulan? Many years later, a prisoner took the initiative to reveal the truth to the police, and only then did he reveal the identity of **.
Although Liu Hulan was young before her death, she was brave and intelligent, and carried the banner of revolution with perseverance.
10-year-old Liu Hulan took the initiative to join the Anti-Japanese National Salvation Children's League and began the revolutionary work of delivering letters and covering revolutionary aspirants. When she was 13 years old, she participated in the "Women's Cadre Training Class" held by the Wenshui County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, and worked with her fellow villagers to deliver all kinds of military supplies to the troops.
In May 1946, Liu Hulan served as a women's officer of the "Anti-Japanese Federation" in the Fifth District, and actively moved closer to the party organization in her spare time, hoping to become a qualified Communist Party member.
After continuous efforts, 14-year-old Liu Hulan became an alternate party member. In the middle of 1946, a full-scale civil war broke out, and in order to preserve their vital strength, the CCP troops quickly carried out a strategic transfer to the mountainous areas in western Shanxi.
Shanxi warlord Yan Xishan seized this opportunity and mobilized tens of thousands of troops to carry out a key attack on the central region of Shanxi, claiming to "sweep away Jinzhong". Yan Xishan's subordinate Ai Ziqian organized 3 regiments of troops to be stationed in Wenshui County, and for a time Wenshui County became noisy and full of soldiers.
Under such circumstances, Liu Hulan still insisted on revolutionary work until his heroic death.
Due to social unrest, there are quite a few private armed forces in various places. At this time, a gang called the "Self-Defense Force for Struggle for Revenge" also appeared near Wenshui County, Shanxi, and they were composed of landlords and ruffians and began to act frantically, causing the revolutionary situation in Wenshui County to deteriorate sharply.
In order to protect the revolutionary comrades, the Wenshui County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China quickly moved some comrades to the mountainous areas where the enemy's strength was weaker to hide, but Liu Hulan voluntarily stayed.
I'm not afraid! I'm young, and the enemy won't notice me! Liu Hulan became the most active revolutionary in Wenshui County, actively conveying all kinds of revolutionary information, and her activities covered most of the area including Yunzhou West Village.
After Yan Xishan occupied Yunzhou West Village by force, he appointed Shi Peihuai as the first puppet village head of the village. After Shi Peihuai took office, he did his best to flatter him, transporting military rations, ** and other military supplies for Yan Xishan's troops, and actively transmitting information, constantly framing the villagers who contributed to the revolution.
Therefore, the people in the village are very disgusted with Shi Peihuai, and they all call him "dog leg" and "rotten village chief" behind their backs.
Liu Hulan carefully observed Shi Peihuai's actions, secretly collected many of his evil deeds, and reported this information to the district magistrate Chen Dezhao. The district magistrate immediately reported to the county magistrate of Wenshui County that the county magistrate had decided to execute Shi Peihuai because of the resentment of the people caused by Shi Peihuai's evil deeds.
So, in December 1946, the district magistrate Chen Dezhao came to Yunzhou West Village with armed soldiers, found Shi Peihuai and executed him. The news spread quickly in and out of the village, and the villagers applauded, and the revolutionary enthusiasm was once again aroused.
However, after Shi Peihuai's execution, it triggered a retaliatory action by the enemy. On December 26, 1946, Lu Defang, the captain of the local "Struggle for Revenge Self-Defense Force", led a group of rabble to Yunzhou West Village to find the whistleblower and seek "explanations".
Soon, a man named Shi Wuze came to Lu Defang's side and revealed in a low voice: "I have a secret to report!" I know who's messing around! Shi Wu used to be the secretary of the peasant association of Yunzhou West Village of the Communist Party of China, but was expelled from the organization due to problems with his personal style and revolutionary attitude.
In the process of the organization's transfer to the mountains, the party organization did not arrange for him to stay or go, which gave him the idea of betraying the revolution.
Shi Wuze's betrayal caused Shi Sanhuai, an underground traffic officer in Yunzhou West Village, and Shi Liu'er, a militiaman, to be arrested, and then the "Self-Defense Forces" launched a search and arrest in the whole village, and many revolutionary comrades fell into the hands of the enemy.
The situation was extremely critical, and for the sake of safety, the party organization ordered Liu Hulan to evacuate quickly. However, at a life-and-death juncture, Yan Xishan's armed forces surrounded Yunzhou West Village before dawn on January 12, 1947, and Liu Hulan was trapped.
In desperation, Liu Hulan was forced to go to the Guanyin Temple with the whole village.
In the open space in front of the Guanyin Temple, Liu Hulan firmly confronted the tied up revolutionary comrades, and although she knew that she might face severe torture, she resolutely refused to "confess" to the enemy.
Her eyes were firm, indicating that even if she suffered from flesh, she would not reveal any secrets. Then, she handed over a panacea that was running out to her mother, and bravely walked towards Yan Xishan's "Da Liuzi" subordinate Zhang Quanbao.
Zhang Quanbao tried to get the villagers to expose the "crimes" of the seven people, but the villagers were silent and firmly stood on Liu Hulan's side.
Zhang Quanbao lost his mind due to anger, and pulled out the traitors Shi Wuze, Zhang Sheng'er, and Han Laji for brutal torture. He brutally killed Shi Sanhuai, and the blood stained the ground in front of the Guanyin Temple, causing the timid villagers to faint and fall to the ground.
Liu Hulan stood there and resolutely responded to the executioner's threat: "I am a member of the Communist Party, but I don't know anything, and you can't get any information by hurting me." ”
When the enemy tried to threaten the honest villagers at the scene with machine guns, Liu Hulan stepped forward and resolutely objected, saying that he would rather die himself than let the villagers be harmed.
Liu Hulan walked to the blood-drenched guillotine without hesitation, lying quietly on the knife slot, her eyes staring directly at the enemy, who was shocked by her gaze and hurriedly avoided it.
The executioner's roar sounded, the guillotine fell, and blood instantly gushed out of Liu Hulan's neck. At the age of fifteen, she ended her short life in such a heroic way, proving with her life her love for the party and the people.
Bearded"The criminal was finally brought to justice In August 1947, Liu Hulan's heroic deeds *** Jinsui Branch posthumously recognized as an official member of the Communist Party of China, and was reported in "Jinsui**" for many days, calling on everyone to learn from her.
After the heroic struggle of the revolutionary comrades, the civil war finally came to an end after several years. Although a long time has passed, the anger in the hearts of the masses has never dissipated.
After the liberation, the party organization began to hunt down the criminals who created and participated in Liu Hulan**. In March 1950, the CCP issued the "Instructions on Severely Suppressing the Counter-Revolutionary", and the liquidation of counter-revolutionaries began throughout the country. "
Suppression of counter-revolution"The operation was quickly launched in Yunzhou West Village, and a local villager reported to the organization that there was a man in a village in Qi County next door who was very similar to Xu Desheng, the criminal who killed Liu Hulan and seven other martyrs.
The organization specially sent people to Jialing Town, Qi County, to conduct an investigation, and confirmed that Xu Desheng, the cook in a pharmacy named "Wanhetang", was the commander of the second company of the first battalion of the 215th Regiment of the 72nd Division of Yan Xishan, and was promoted to battalion commander for participating in the killing of Liu Hulan.
In 1948, Xu Desheng became the chef of "Wanhetang" after the liberation of Jialing Town, Qi County. After a mass denunciation, Xu Desheng was arrested by the Public Security Bureau in 1951 and executed in April of that year.
Zhang Quanbao, the "bearded" chief culprit responsible for the murder of Liu Hulan and other seven martyrs, was wounded in a battle and was appointed as a second lieutenant instructor of the fifth company of the first regiment of Yan Xishan's troops.
However, in the "Battle of Zhanglan" in 1948, he was wounded by the people's army. On April 24, 1949, Taiyuan, Shanxi Province was liberated, and Zhang Quanbao was captured and sent to the North China Military Region Teaching Corps for reform.
Zhang Quanbao felt deeply guilty, and feared that his whereabouts would be discovered, so he changed his name to Zhang Shenghao, in an attempt to avoid the punishment of the organization and hide the fact that he had killed someone.
After several years of re-education through labor, Zhang Quanbao was released on July 25, 1950. At the beginning of August, he returned to Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, and started a small business, barely making ends meet.
In the same year, in order to commemorate the deeds of Liu Hulan and other heroic martyrs, a stage play called "Liu Hulan" was born, which was loved by the people. Zhang Quanbao, who was setting up a stall on the street, felt very scared when he heard people discussing "Liu Hulan" enthusiastically, afraid of being recognized.
He had no intention of running it, he couldn't even eat, so he hurried home and shaved off his beard with a knife, and even shaved his face.
In order to understand the true content of "Liu Hulan", Zhang Quanbao put on a hat, scarf and glasses, and sneaked into the theater at night. Even though the theater was already overcrowded, he chose a corner to sit down and carefully ** the whole show.
After the performance, he felt a lot more relaxed, it turned out that the person who killed Liu Hulan in the play was called "Xu Lian Chang", that is, Xu Desheng, and he himself became the real behind-the-scenes **, thinking of this, he felt a little relieved, as if he had escaped a catastrophe.
However, he rejoiced too soon. After the anti-rebellion movement began, in 1951, Wang Liancheng, the former secretary of the machine gun company of the 1st Battalion of the 215th Regiment of the 72nd Division of Yan Xishan, was detained in the Wanquan County Public Security Bureau of Shanxi Province and took the initiative to report Zhang Quanbao's crimes.
He said that their leader at that time was Zhang Quanbao, who took them to Yunzhou West Village and ordered them to arrest Liu Hulan and others, and even let them kill Liu Hulan.
After learning the exact information, on May 8, 1951, the staff of the Yuncheng City Public Security Bureau in Shanxi Province quickly rushed to Zhang Quanbao's residence and surrounded his house.
Subsequently, the police of the Public Security Bureau broke into the door and successfully arrested Zhang Quanbao. After a comprehensive investigation, in front of witnesses and evidence, Zhang Quanbao finally confessed to his crime of killing Liu Hulan and others.
After the Zhang Quanbao incident ended, the arrest and murder of Liu Hulan and seven other martyrs did not stop. In the years that followed, several more people associated with Liu Hulan were held in Wenshui County Prison in Shanxi Province.
Zhang Chengfu, former director of the Political Department of the 72nd Division of Yan Xishan, Xia Jiading, political director of the 215th Regiment, Li Tianke, secretary, Li Guoqing, commander of the machine gun company of the 1st Battalion, Shen Zaosheng, platoon commander of the 3rd platoon of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion, and Niu Zhiyi, platoon commander of the 1st platoon, were arrested one after another.
However, Li Baoshan, platoon commander of the 4th platoon of the 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 215th Regiment of Yan Xishan, committed suicide in July 1960 because he could not bear the ideological pressure. On February 14, 1963, Shi Wuze, one of the key figures in Liu Hulan**, was successfully arrested and executed with the consent of the people of Wenshui County, Shanxi Province.
At this point, the investigation and trial of Liu Hulan and other 7 martyrs have all ended, and the party and the people have comforted their souls in heaven in this way.
The greatness of life, the glory of death". In order to break through the boundaries of time and pay homage to the revolution, this time the inscription did not indicate a specific date. In the end, this inscription was treasured in the Liu Hulan Martyrs Cemetery in Yunzhou West Village, becoming an eternal memorial. "
The greatness of life, the glory of death". "These eight words are like a lighthouse, illuminating our way forward and inspiring us to strive for the realization of socialism.