Under such circumstances, how the Kuantu corps passes Chinese New Year should come as no surprise: foot patrols, motorcycle patrols, vehicle patrols, and concealed sentry duties are carried out as usual, with vital locations being passed by patrols every 20 minutes or less; dazzling arc-lights atop coastal sentry posts sweep past regularly; along the coast there are dozens of sentry units and no-one can have a day off.
在這種情況下，除夕夜關渡營區的種種表現也就不令人意外：步巡、機（機車）巡、車巡、埋伏哨照常執勤，重要地點廿分鐘以內就有一組人通過；海邊營區的崗哨上，刺眼的氙氣燈如常掃瞄；沿海數十班班哨，沒有人有特別休假……。