Under the influence of the May 4th new trend of thought, facing the broken motherland, Ji in his youth began to pay attention to the future and destiny of the motherland. 1922 at the end of summer, he didn't want to continue studying in Hangzhou University of Political Science and Law, and he was admitted to Shanghai Southeast Normal University with Li Yimin (the school was renamed Shanghai University in June of the same year). At this time, famous producers Deng Zhongxia and Qu Qiubai presided over the work of Shanghai University, and party activists such as Cai Hesen, Yun and Zhang all taught in the school. Ji listened to their classes many times, and his spirit was greatly encouraged. He studied hard at Marxism–Leninism, took an active part in social activities, and was determined to engage in revolutionary cause.
1in the spring of 926, following the instructions of the Party organization, he dropped out of school and was transferred to the picket brigade of Guangzhou Dongyuan Provincial and Port Strike Committee as the deputy director of the workers picket training department. He devoted himself to the workers' movement On the one hand, assist Deng Zhongxia in training workers' armed forces; On the other hand, he assisted the strike committee in editing the publication Road for Workers.
/kloc-in the spring of 0/927, he took over as the director of workers' picket in Deng Zhongxia, patiently and meticulously doing ideological work, educating everyone to step up martial arts, defending the provincial and port strike committees, and resolutely fighting against the Kuomintang Rightists and scabs. 12 In April, Chiang Kai-shek launched a counter-revolutionary coup in Shanghai. Guangdong Kuomintang Rightists echoed Chiang Kai-shek and created the "April 15th" tragedy. Ji and others led the picket to fight back. Ji, then a member of Guangzhou Municipal Committee, assisted Wu Yi, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, organization minister, and joined the workers' picket team to set up the "Protection Team for the Interests of Workers on Strike in Guangdong and Hong Kong", "Sword Team" and "Mid-June 19". Together with the comrades of the Municipal Committee, he launched a meeting of more than 20,000 workers to commemorate the second anniversary of the strike in Guangdong and Hong Kong. The excited workers held a demonstration after the meeting. Under the cover of white terror, slogans such as "protect all rights of striking workers", "release all political prisoners", "down with the appointed reorganization committee", "down with imperialism" and "down with warlords" resounded over Guangzhou, which made the people's spirit in grief and depression perk up. On June 23, Ji assisted Wu Yi and others to mobilize more than 30,000 strikers in various provinces and ports and Guangzhou workers to hold a mass meeting to commemorate the second anniversary of the Shaji tragedy. Although the venue was watched and surrounded by security guards and many reactionary policemen, the workers shouted slogans such as "Down with the dirty running dog Chiang Kai-shek of imperialism" and demanded to protect all the rights of striking workers in various provinces and ports.
1 927165438+1October1day, assisted the chairman of the special committee of Guangzhou Workers' Congress to contact and mobilize more than 2,000 railway workers and more than 500 match workers expelled in the counter-revolutionary coup in April 15 in Dongshan, Guangzhou. When the procession arrived at Wende Road, it was suddenly attacked by the enemy, and Zhou Wenyong and other 30 people were arrested. Ji Gaobu was in a hurry. He assisted Wuyi, Ethan, Chen Tiejun, Shen Qing and others to make a plan to save Zhou Wenyong from escaping. Being outnumbered, the picket was forced to go underground.
Since then, Ji has participated in the leadership work of the Guangzhou Municipal Committee, relying on activists to mobilize the workers and the masses to wage a heroic struggle against the reactionaries. During the period of 65438+ 10 and 165438+ 10 this year, he led two workers' demonstrations together with Zhou Wenyong and others. 165438+ 10 In order to counter the massacre of Kuomintang reactionaries, our party decided to hold an armed uprising in Guangzhou. Ji is a member of the Uprising Action Committee. He assisted comrades Zhang, Zhang, Zhang and Zhang in organizing and training workers in railways, cotton mills and other industries, and did a lot of work for the armed uprising. 65438+February 1 1 3 am, Guangzhou uprising broke out. Ji led some Red Guards straight to Weixin Road and cooperated with the training group to attack the most stubborn Guangzhou Public Security Bureau. Then, he led the troops to participate in the battle to destroy the remaining enemies in the city. After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the uprising armed forces occupied the urban area of Guangzhou north of the Pearl River. After the victory of the uprising, the Soviet Guangzhou Commune, a democratic government of workers and peasants in Guangzhou, was established, and Ji served as the ordnance director of the Central Military Commission. Since then, the enemy concentrated its forces to fight back, and the uprising troops and workers' pickets fought fiercely with the enemy for three days and three nights. Eventually, because they were outnumbered, the uprising troops rushed out of the encirclement and moved. According to the instructions of the party, Gao went to Hong Kong and reported the situation to his superiors.
After the failure of the uprising in Guangzhou, Ji went to Hong Kong according to the instructions of the organization, reported the uprising to the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee there, and volunteered to return to Guangzhou to work. 192865438+1October 25th, Ji returned to Guangzhou to shoulder the heavy responsibility of Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee Secretary. He and Zhou Wenyong, Wang Hua, Xie Tian and Ye Yaoqiu, members of the Municipal Party Committee, overcame all difficulties and obstacles, restored the organization of the Municipal Party Committee and continued to carry out revolutionary activities. He shuttled between underground strongholds such as Xiguan and Gaudi Street to understand the situation and deploy the work.
Later, the municipal party Committee was destroyed by the enemy twice, and Ji persisted in the struggle at great risk. In March, he also served as secretary of the municipal party Committee. Guangdong Province appointed him and another comrade to rebuild the municipal party committee. Soon, the Secretariat of the Municipal Party Committee and three party organizations, namely, labor movement, railway and transportation, were established one after another. Then, * * * Guangzhou East District, South District, West District, Eastern Suburb, Southern Suburb, Western Suburb and Northern Suburb were established one after another. Under his auspices, the Municipal Party Committee often publishes underground publications such as "Workers, Peasants and Soldiers" and a large number of revolutionary leaflets to stimulate the revolutionary fighting spirit of the masses and call on the people to fight. 1928 April 13, Ji was elected as an alternate member of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and still works underground in Guangzhou.
1928 In early summer, Ji went to Hong Kong to report his work to the provincial party committee. In July, he was unfortunately arrested. Later, he was extradited to Guangzhou. The enemy imprisoned and tortured Ji for half a year, torturing him by means of "burning the fire" and "hanging the plane", but Ji remained indomitable. One day in the winter of the same year, Ji went to the execution ground and died in Honghuagang, Guangzhou, at the age of 23. His name was recorded in the list of heroes and heroines published by the Central Organization Department of China in April 1945.