But the 203rd Division of the Youth Army, which was guarding the shoreline, was unable to hold back the communist forces 'attack, and army commander Kao Kui-yuan, seeing that Kinmen was in imminent danger of being lost, ordered the 42nd Regiment to go to their aid immediately.
當時兵馬困頓，但由於防守海岸線的青年軍第二○一師，擋不住共軍攻勢，眼看金門就要失守，高魁元軍長立刻下令四十二團增援。