History has its own life, it is like a person, both easy-going and self-respecting. ——Yu Qiuyu
Two-gun old lady!
Just listening to these five words, I feel very sassy!
The image of the "Old Lady with Two Guns" has become a well-known legendary role through the portrayal of novels and film and television dramas.
The prototype character of the "two-gun old woman" has a variety of statements and multiple versions, and the people have different opinions and disagreements.
Today, I have selected the story of one of the characters to share with you.
At that time, in Shanghai during the Republic of China, there was a two-gun woman, the people regarded her as a legendary heroine, and the enemy regarded her as a "mortal enemy" and "war demon", and they would want to get rid of her quickly.
In 1971, her deeds were made into the movie "Two Guns and Eight Sisters".
20 years ago, there was already a "little man book" in the bookstore in Shanghai, which was particularly popular, and the title of the book was also called "Two Guns and Eight Sisters".
They all tell the same person's story.
She is, Huang Bamei.
Huang Bamei, in history does have its own person, formerly known as Cuiyun, was born in Jinshan, Jiangsu, because when fighting with people to grab the turf, the left and right hands shot at the same time, and finally won, thus getting the name of "double gun Huang Bamei", becoming a well-known figure in the jianghu.
Today, the story I bring to you is exactly the deeds of Huang Bamei.
One
Young and famous
In 1906, Huang Cuiyun was born in Jinshan, Jiangsu Province, to a poor family.
Her parents have a total of 13 children, Huang Cuiyun is the only daughter in the family, from an early age deeply loved by her parents and many brothers.
Because Huang Cuiyun ranked eighth in the family, and because she had a pair of thick black figure eight eyebrows, she was shouted by her family as "Huang Eight Sisters."
Only because of the unstable situation and poor family, Huang Bamei's childhood was very turbulent.
She dropped out of school at an early age and was sent to the Wu family as a child bridesmaid.
Generally speaking, the girl sent to be a child bride is Huang Lian soaked in bitter water, but this Huang Eight Sister regards the child bride as a different situation.
She is naughty and stubborn, no one can compare, when she was a child, she was not afraid of scolding, and when she became an adult, she was full of nature, spicy and bold, and liked to laugh and scold with the men in the village, and compete in martial arts and fists.
The in-laws were originally honest and self-respecting croppers, and they could not resist her at all, and they were willing to take the initiative to terminate the contract and send her back to her mother's house.
After returning to her mother's house, she was even more lawless and began to follow her father and brother to sell rice dumplings and spiced beans for a living.
Later, she simply followed her father to smuggle salt. Since then, her life has ushered in a new situation.
In the autumn of 1918, in order to resist the half-way robbery of the fierce bandits, his father let The 12-year-old Huang Bamei pick up the gun and began to teach her to practice marksmanship.
"Eighth sister, after taking aim, shoot according to the main points just said!"
My father did not expect that his eighth girl was actually a natural shooter.
She fired six shots in a row with a revolver, all hitting the circle about 10 centimeters in diameter on the trunk of the tree 20 meters away.
The father was very excited: "Well, the eighth sister has played well, and from now on this pistol will belong to you!" ”
That day, Huang Bamei used the first snatch in her life.
After several years of groping and hard work, at the age of 15, she was able to use a double gun freely, and within the effective range, she was almost "a hundred shots".
Huang Bamei always had two revolvers in her waist and escorted her father's salt carrier in a majestic manner.
At the age of 17, my father's salt carrier was on the way when he was suddenly attacked by two robber ships and encountered left and right bags.
The widows are disparity, the father is difficult to oppose, and the six gods are helpless, and they are helpless.
Huang Bamei, however, did not dare, pulled out her double gun and jumped on the deck, shooting at those guys in a burst, killing 9 people on the spot.
The remaining gangsters were so frightened that they fled, and the salt carriers were safe and sound.
The name of "Double Gun Yellow Eight Sisters" thus rose in the jianghu and became a well-known figure in Pinghu, Zhejiang, Jinshanwei and Taihu in Jiangsu.
Huang Bamei, who was a girl, made a name in the Taihu Lake area early on
Marriage and imprisonment
Later, Huang Bamei simply recognized Li Tianming, the "Taihu Salt Bully", as his father, and his strength was even stronger, and he was armed to sell salt, and everywhere he went, the forces of all factions let her have three points.
In the process of smuggling salt, Huang Bamei became acquainted with Xu Shusheng.
Xu Shusheng, who haunted the Suzhou and Zhejiang regions, was known as the "Taibao Ashu".
"Taibao" is a superstitious profession, and he used his special experience to play the banner of "robbing the rich and helping the poor" and pulled up the team.
After Huang Bamei became acquainted with this "Taibao Ashu", she promised herself, hoping to rely on him to "do something big".
In fact, this is a figure under specific historical conditions, and Huang Bamei at that time can basically be said to belong to the lake bandits and salt overlords, who have no fixed place to live, and are often surrounded and suppressed by the military and police.
For more than a year, the "Taibao Ashu" continued to lead the troops to resist, but in the end the men and horses broke up, and they were captured while hiding in Hongkou, Shanghai, and were soon sentenced to death.
According to his arrangement, Huang Bamei could only go elsewhere for a while, and then established relations with other gangs and became involved in the great robbery that occurred in Dianshan Lake and other places.
During a raid, Huang Bamei was arrested and two short guns were retrieved from her body.
As a result, news such as "The Interrogation of the Female Bandit Leader" appeared in the "Declaration" in 1933, and it was full of articles and was very lively.
After being arrested and imprisoned, Huang Bamei was released on bail because of the help of nobles.
In 1934, he ran a tea shop in Fengxian Nanqiao Town to make a living, and transformed into "Ah Qing Sister-in-law".
Two
National righteousness
On August 13, 1937, the Japanese and Kosovars launched a war of aggression in Shanghai, the Chinese army rose up to resist the war, and the town of Nanqiao was also lively.
In the face of national righteousness, Huang Bamei is not ambiguous at all.
She couldn't sit still!
Although she would not say such a strong word as "return my rivers and mountains", there was an irrepressible excitement in her heart, and she wanted to contribute to the country.
She went to the Fengxian countryside in Shanghai to collect guns, organized the "People's Anti-Guard", and fought with her husband Xie Yousheng in the hangjia lake area.
By the end of 1937, the Japanese army had swept to the border area of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and Huang Bamei's hometown had also fallen.
Seeing that the Japanese army and their hometown were committing adultery and plunder, committing acts of wanton behavior, and arousing patriotic indignation, Huang Bamei, who was already quite powerful, took his few belongings to buy guns, and gathered more than 30 Jinlan sisters in one go, and formed a "dead party" with them.
Huang Bamei and her sisters. The person in the center is Huang Bamei
They waged guerrilla warfare, firing dark guns at the enemies who had scattered to the countryside, and killed several enemies in half a month.
In this way, the town is spreading the word: there is a mysterious team in the township, and the head of it is Huang Bamei, the female bandit leader of that year.
Friendship with Du Yuesheng
Huang Bamei saw clearly that since she had pulled up the team, she would do a big job, but the most important thing was to get more guns.
Therefore, Huang Bamei came to Shanghai disguised as a refugee and found Du Yuesheng, who had a slight friendship at that time.
At that time, Du Yuesheng was engaged in the "Songhu Special Action Corps", and seeing this little famous female general on the river and lake come to him, it can be said that he is in the middle.
Huang Bamei opened the door to the mountain: "I have nothing to do without climbing the Three Treasures Hall, and this time I came to the door to reach out." ”
She told the original story of her preparation to pull the team away from the enemy.
Du Yuesheng listened, and then calculated for a while, and spoke:
"Eighth sister, it's not me who praises you, I can see that you are a person who does big things." Guns, I'll make up a part for you, you do it yourself, it's better to be a member of our Songhu Einsatzgruppen Corps! ”
After that, Du Yuesheng commissioned her a captain.
Huang Bamei's trip to Shanghai was a great success, and she rushed back to Fengxian.
With the gun, with the name, she let go of her hands and feet!
Huang Bamei (left) with comrades-in-arms
In just one year, she destroyed 48 Japanese strongholds in the Jiangbei region.
Huang Bamei's marksmanship has also been spread more and more, and later, she has been said to be a woman with flying cornices and hauntings.
The enemy is terrified!
In June 1945, in a battle, the Japanese army did not dispatch chariots and heavy artillery, only sent more than 200 cavalry to raid, and by the time Huang Bamei found out that the situation was not right, it was too late.
At the critical moment, Huang Bamei escaped over the wall and jumped into a river in a village.
She swam so exhausted that she almost died at the bottom of the river, but fortunately an old lady Li who was collecting a diamond on the riverbank rescued her and hid her under a wooden barrel to avoid the enemy's search and escape from danger.
Three
In August 1945, the Japanese army surrendered unconditionally, and the eight-year War of Resistance finally won the final victory.
Huang Bamei's "escort column" was over, and the troops were reorganized into the Pinghu County Security Corps.
She was elected as a senator of Pinghu County as a local gentry to participate in the local revival and reconstruction work.
Because she herself was uneducated and knew the pain of dropping out of school, she funded the establishment of a school for the benefit of her hometown.
In the autumn of 1946, she founded the Second Complete Elementary School in Zhapu Town. The following year, 26 new school buildings were built in the western foothills of Tangshan.
In 1948, she founded the private Haifeng Junior High School.
Huang Bamei gave a speech at a middle school
Gradually, her life began to fade.
Ten years later, in the summer, the once two-gun woman was already frosted, and she led the women mechanics to start a four-day embroidery bazaar exhibition.
The finished products on display include: portraits, figures, floral hanging screens, embroidered fabrics, beaded fabrics, shawls, and embroidered quilts. There are more than 1,000 pieces of quilt covers, slippers, embroidered shoes, antique dragon and beast slippers, table towels, handbags, pillows, cushions, children's jackets, cheongsam lace, etc.
The exquisite workmanship is breathtaking, and these finished products are handmade by local women.
The plaque given to Huang Bamei by the women's organization - The Hero of the Towel
Who would have thought that Commander Huang, a colonel who once held a double gun and a thousand armies under his tent, was now commanding an embroidered woman with a steel needle, running around in many places, just to sell the slippers and pillows of flowers and greenery!
Of course, during this period, Huang Bamei often traveled back and forth between Pinghu, Zhapu, and Jinshan, often hanging in places where fierce battles had taken place, visiting her wartime robes and the families of fallen soldiers from time to time, and giving them condolences and relief.
Especially for the old lady Li who saved her, she served in the name of "dry lady".
These also show that Huang Bamei is a model of righteousness, courage and benevolence, loyalty and filial piety.
Of course, looking at the overall situation, she has made a wrong choice at the last moment of her life, but that is also the result of the times.
First from the right: Huang Bamei, middle: Mrs. Chiang Ching-kuo
On May 4, 1982, Huang Bamei, who had been smearing her life with mixed colors, died in Taipei at the age of 76.
She once left a will on her deathbed, "To be buried with Yukatsu in the place where she fought before her death." ”
From this will, it can be seen that Huang Bamei, a generation of female tyrants who has been distorted by the chaotic world, has been fighting all her life for the sake of getting ahead, but finally failed to choose the right path, and she is absolutely fond of her husband Xie Yousheng for a lifetime.
As she wished, on April 2, 1990, she was relocated to her homeland and buried with her husband Xie Yousheng in the "Jiulongshan Cemetery" in Zhapu.