In 1947, Sun Li-jen was ordered to go to Taiwan to train new soldiers, and the three elephants were also hoisted up in huge nets aboard a ship (the Haiji), in which they made their imposing way across the sea to Fengshan in Kaohsiung County.
民國卅六年，孫立人奉派到台灣來訓練新軍，三隻大象於是也用大網吊上「海基號」，浩浩盪盪地往高雄縣鳳山前進。