In 1947, Chang and the 21st traveled to Taiwan in pursuit of Xie Xuehong, the "chief instigator" of the February 28th Incident. Failing to apprehend her, they returned to the mainland. Chang, meanwhile, secretly decided that he would flee to Taiwan. He planned to get a job as a watchman in a sugar or paper mill and settle down in what he saw as a tropical paradise.
1947 年，張時雄隨著 21 師到台灣追捕 228 事件「首謀」謝雪紅，人沒抓到，部隊搬師回朝，他則暗下決心要逃到台灣這四季如春水果吃不完的南方島嶼，找個糖廠或紙廠警衛的差安定下來。