Consequently, when the government of the Republic of China moved its seat to Taiwan, the late President Chiang Kai-shek showed his determination to hold Kinmen and Matsu by winning decisively the "Kuningtou" and "August 23" battles. He said: "Without Kinmen and Matsu, there will be no Taiwan and Penghu. With Taiwan and Penghu in our hands, we will some day recover the Chinese mainland."
民國卅八年，中央政府遷台，總統蔣公高瞻遠矚，以「無金馬即無台灣，有台澎必有大陸」，宣示確保金門的決心，亦贏得了震驚中外，轉危為安的「古寧頭大捷」與「八二三台海戰役」的空前勝利。