The book Taiwan Lianqiao states that some soldiers entered the army in a blaze of glory, but when news came back that they had been seriously injured or killed, Taiwanese finally discovered that in fact the Chinese forces were not quite the easily-routed "Zhi Na soldiers" derided in children's games.
《台灣連翹》中寫道，「有些戰士在光榮聲中入伍，隨即重傷或死亡的消息傳來，台灣人才發現，向來藐視中國軍隊說『支那兵！支那兵』，事實上好像不是那麼不堪一擊！」。