On May 15, 1950, Chiang Kai-shek personally ordered all the forces in Zhoushan to pull back to Taiwan. In the course of the retreat, many Zhoushan civilians were forcibly conscripted and taken to Taiwan.
民國卅九年五月十五日，在蔣中正先生手諭指示下，全軍撤離到台灣，在撤退中，眾多的舟山民夫也被強行帶走。