
Narrow Escape
by You Lingjun
About This Novel
This old man, this veteran, is called Xu Qinlin, a veteran who participated in the Battle of Kinmen in October 1949. He currently lives in his hometown, Yangshang Village, Dabao Town, Guangrao County, Shandong Province. The Battle of Kinmen was the only battle our army defeated in the War of Liberation. Our army dispatched 9,086 people (including 350 boatmen and civilians), of whom more than 5,000 died and more than 3,000 were captured. The Kuomintang troops suffered more than 9,000 casualties. Xu Qinlin was the only soldier who escaped back to the mainland after this battle. After his right calf was injured, he escaped being captured and killed only because of the Kuomintang military uniform he was wearing, and he "infiltrated" into the Kuomintang army. In February 1950, he went to the Zhoushan Islands with the Kuomintang troops. When the enemy retreated in May, he took the opportunity to run into the mountains and later found our troops attacking the island before returning to the mainland and his troops. Let's first introduce the Battle of Kinmen.
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