Even from the period of the military defeat in China, there are still stories of heroism, such as Chen Ching-kun leading the Yung Chia and 12 other ships in a breakout from the Yangtze River in April of 1949.
大陸軍事失利，當時不乏疾風勁草、板蕩忠臣的故事。其中三十八年四月陳慶坤率永嘉等十三艦艇長江突圍，令已呈潰散之人心為之一振。