民國38年，胡璉在江西重建陸軍第十二兵團，帶領怒潮學校流亡學生，率軍十萬，殺出重圍，經閩西、粵東，沿韓江，由汕頭出海，投奔臺灣，接連支援定海和金門作戰，穩定局面，自此為中華民國金門防衛之主力，教中華人民共和國解放臺灣夢碎。胡璉兵團倉促成軍，何以能保全元氣全軍幾近完整轉進來臺，正因有其他國軍部隊斷後，阻擋了中國人民解放軍的追擊，而這也意味著斷後國軍的注定犧牲。只有將斷後國軍的故事忠實呈現，吾人才能對於胡璉兵團出中國的始末經過完整認識，而這批從未到過臺灣的國軍戰士，則也應當為臺灣人所記起和歌頌。

In 1949, Hu Lien reorganized the 12^(th) Corps of National Army in Jiangxi, leading the exiled students of the Raging Tide Military and Political Academy as well as one hundred thousand troops to break through the People's Liberation Army. The corps passed western Fujian and eastern Guangdong, continued along the Han River, and finally reached the sea from Shantou to Taiwan. Hu's corps further supported the military operations of Dinghai and Kinmen to stabilize the war situation, and therefore became the main defensive force in Kinmen that eventually broke the dream of the People's Republic of China for liberating Taiwan. Hu Lien Corps was organized hastily. But, how the corps could have reached Taiwan and still been able to keep its complete form? The answer was that there were other forces and guerrillas helping block off the People's Liberation Army, which means that these forces and guerrillas were destined to be sacrificed in combats. Only if the story of the sacrificed forces of National Army is faithfully presented, one can fully understand the entire experience of Hu Lien Corps departing Mainland China. All the warriors who had never been able to reach Taiwan ought to be remembered and praised by Taiwanese people.