Long Dadao, formerly known as Long Kangzhuang, Dong ethnicity, born in October 1901, from Jinping County, Guizhou Province.
Dragon Avenue (file photo)
In 1919, Dragon Avenue embarked on the path of truth with a heart dissatisfied with the dark reality. Riding on a raft shipped out, he arrived in Wuhan, Hubei Province. Soon after, he was admitted to the private Wuchang Zhonghua University Affiliated High School. Influenced by the revolutionary ideas of the principal Yun Daiying, Long Dao quickly grew into an advanced youth who pursued progress and longed for revolution.
In 1922, Long Dadao was admitted to the Sociology Department of Shanghai University, which was led by Deng Zhongxia, Qu Qiubai and other Communists. He systematically studied the Marxist-Leninist revolutionary theory and devoted himself to the workers' movement in Shanghai, and his theoretical level and practical experience in struggle increased rapidly. In November 1923, Long Dadao joined the Communist Party of China and changed its original name from "Kangzhuang" to "Dadao" to show its strong determination to unswervingly fight for the party's cause.
In 1924, Long Daodao was sent to study at the Eastern University in Moscow, during which he studied various subjects and received formal military training.
In July 1925, due to the needs of revolutionary work, Long Dadao was ordered to return to China ahead of schedule and was arranged to engage in the workers' movement at the Caojiadu Office of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. In May 1926, Long Dadao was appointed secretary of the Caojiadu Ministry Committee and head of the Workers' Movement Committee of the Ministry, organizing a strike for the staff of the Zhonghua Bookstore in Shanghai. In late May, Long Dadao was arrested by detectives near Shanghai Henan Road and later rescued by a party organization. In September, Long Dadao was transferred to the Organization Department of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, responsible for the formation of workers' pickets. On October 23, the first armed uprising of Shanghai workers was held, and Long Dadao served as the commander of the Zhabei area. In January 1927, Long Dadao and nine others were elected as members of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. In February, Shanghai workers launched a second armed uprising, and Long Avenue was responsible for the strike action of the General Federation of Shopkeepers. Due to the lone battle and the frenzied suppression of reactionary warlords, both armed uprisings ended in failure. Although the uprising failed, it exerted a great influence on the revolutionary masses and effectively promoted the vigorous development of the anti-imperialist struggle in Shanghai.
On March 21, 1927, the gunshots of the third armed uprising of the Shanghai workers broke out, with Zhou Enlai as the commander-in-chief, and Long Dadao, as one of the leaders of the Federation of Trade Unions, led the workers' uprising in Zhabei. The 200,000 workers who participated in the armed uprising captured the police stations in six districts of Nanshi, Hongkou, Pudong, Wusong, Hudong and Huxi on the same day. However, due to the strong deployment of the enemy, the workers in the Zhabei area were repeatedly unable to conquer. Relying on the military knowledge he had learned in the Soviet Union and the experience of participating in armed struggle, Long Dao organized the workers to fight the enemy with wit and stubbornness, led the workers' pickets to attack and charge many times, and finally conquered the enemy's last stronghold at 6 p.m. on the 22nd. After more than 30 hours of bloody fighting, the Shanghai workers occupied all areas outside the concession and won the victory of the third armed uprising with blood and lives. This victory dealt a heavy blow to the arrogance of imperialism and the comprador bourgeoisie and demonstrated the strength of the Chinese working class. On March 27, 1927, at the Shanghai Workers' Congress, Long Dadao was elected as an executive member, standing committee member, and minister of economic struggle of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions.
On April 12, 1927, Chiang Kai-shek launched the April 12 counter-revolutionary coup d'état, massacring communists and revolutionary masses and shutting down the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions. In order to protest Chiang Kai-shek's perverse actions, on the 23rd, 200,000 workers in Shanghai responded to the call of the Federation of Trade Unions and held the third strike of the General League. Long Dadao led workers to hold a strike rally in Qingyun Road Square in Zhabei to expose the conspiracy of the Kuomintang reactionaries and call on the workers to defend their organization, the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, to the death. After the rally, the workers marched to petition, but unexpectedly, the procession was suddenly shot by the enemy. Due to the enemy's frenzied culling, the casualties of the workers were unprecedentedly fierce, and Long Dao was also seriously injured.
The pain was slightly better, and Long Avenue went to Wuhan. He successively attended the Fifth National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Fourth National Labor Congress. In July, Wang Jingwei launched a counter-revolutionary coup d'état, the Communist Party and revolutionaries were brutally killed, and the bloody Wuhan was shrouded in white terror. The Hubei Provincial Federation of Trade Unions was destroyed, and the party organization arranged for Long Dadao to go to the third district of Hankou as the secretary of the district party committee and continue to engage in mass work. In August, Long Dadao, alias Zhao Zhuang, crossed the river to organize a strike of hanyang arsenal workers, and when he was in a teahouse with underground traffic officers, he was discovered by secret agents and arrested and imprisoned again. In the courtroom and in prison, in the face of the enemy's torture to extract confessions, Long Daodao was unyielding, witty and eloquent, and the enemy gained nothing. In prison, he was tortured by inhumans, but he was still positive and optimistic, seizing the opportunity to secretly contact his fellow prisoners and plan to escape from prison. With the help of the party organization, Long Daodao finally led the victims to escape from prison successfully and return to the embrace of the party.
In April 1928, Long Dadao was elected as a member of the Zhejiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China. In May, he acted as party secretary of Zhejiang Province. During this period, he organized and led the "Tingbian Rebellion" and the "Yongjia, Ruian, and Pingyang Counties Joint Riot". Within 4 months, he went down to the roof three times, created the Zhejiang Southern Special Committee, and the zhejiang peasant movement and party organization building were restored and developed relatively quickly.
From March 1928 to December 1929, Long Avenue was transferred to Shanghai, Anhui, Jiangxi and other places. In January 1930, Long Dadao was transferred back to Shanghai to serve as secretary general of the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, chairman of the Shanghai People's Freedom League from all walks of life, and secretary of the party group. He rushed among the workers, successively leading the strikes of the Pudong Rihua Spinning Factory and the Zhabei and Hongkou Silk Factories, and mobilized the workers to fight for the rights and interests of shortening working hours, increasing wages, and improving their lives. During this period, "Left" sentiment in the Party grew day by day, and in order to avoid the "Left" adventurism from causing serious losses to the Chinese revolution, Comrades Long Daodao, Lin Yunan, and other comrades waged a resolute struggle against Wang Ming, but they were labeled as "opportunists" and "secret agents of the abolitionists."
On January 17, 1931, Lin Yunan, Roushi and other comrades held a secret meeting to discuss the policy of resisting Wang Ming's "left" line, and Long Dadao also went to the meeting. Due to the betrayal of traitors, Long Daodao and other comrades were unfortunately arrested on the way to the meeting. In prison, the enemy was so cruel that he was tortured. However, he was firm in his convictions and preferred to die unyieldingly; he also took advantage of the opportunity of letting go of the wind to exchange views with Lin Yunan and other comrades, studied the tactics of struggle against Wang Ming, and seized the last moment of his life to write a letter to the Party Central Committee, complaining about the serious harm of Wang Ming's "Left" mistakes.
On February 7, 1931, on a snowy night, 24 revolutionary volunteers, including Long Dadao, were secretly killed by the enemy under the Longhua Pagoda.
Throughout his life, Long Dao was infinitely loyal to the party and the people, and his belief in communism was incomparably firm. He pursues truth, is not afraid of sacrifice, is tenacious and indomitable, and dares to fight. He is worthy of being a model for the Chinese nation, the leader of the Chinese workers' movement, and an excellent son and daughter of the Dong people. With his revolutionary practice and precious life, he fulfilled his promise to the Party.
Source: Learning to power the country
Editor: Wang Yusi