During the Chinese Communist attempt to seize Kin-men in October 1949 and during the Battle of the Taiwan Straits that opened with the saturation shelling of Kin men on August 23, 1958, he traveled to the offshore island despite the danger of heavy artillery fire.
我們也深切認識到，國家處此危疑震憾的國際環境與敵我鬥爭的形勢，我們要突破困難，克服險阻，鞏固台灣復興基地的安全，推展反共復興大業，蔣經國先生的領導，以他繼承革命傳統的志業、屹立不移的節操、堅苦卓絕的精神、以及全國軍民對他忠誠的擁戴，乃是必勝必成的保證！