在過生日之前，想先回憶一下這偉大的日子！
摘自：維基百科
http://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%85%AB%E4%BA%8C%E4%B8%89%E7%82%AE%E6%88%B0
號稱「第二次台海危機」的八二三炮戰在一九五八年八月二十三日下午開打以後，接連著四十四天，中共發射了將近四十八萬顆砲彈。這場戰役發生迄今已經四十三年了，作為捍衛台澎金馬的指標戰役，它在中華民國國軍戰史上是重要的一頁，特別是與古寧頭之役不同，台籍戰士在此戰役中亦扮演重要的角色。然而除了官方的宣傳外，八二三砲戰確實對於以後台灣歷史的發展，台、美、中三角關係的互動，乃至中華人民共和國「解放台灣」的政策都有相當的影響。在八二三炮戰四十三週年前夕，本報「台灣歷史之窗」特別邀請政治大學歷史系薛化元教授執筆，探討這場戰役發生的始末與其代表之歷史意義。
The 823 cannon war, also called the "Second Taiwan Strait Crisis" began on the afternoon of August 23,1958, and continued for 44 days, during which the PRC launched around 480,000 artillery shells. This battle took place 43 years ago, and was the definitive battle for the defense of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, and an important page in the military history of the R.O.C. It was particularly different from the Battle of Kuningtou in that Taiwanese-born soldiers played a major role in this battle. However, apart from official propaganda, the 823 artillery war had a huge influence on the development of Taiwan's history, the mutual relationships between Taiwan, the U.S. and China, and even on the PRC's "liberate Taiwan" policies. On the eve of the 43rd anniversary of the 823 artillery war, Taiwan News' "Window on Taiwan" has been written by Professor Hsueh Hua-yuen of National Chengchi University's history department, who here looks into the entire story of this battle and its historical significance.
炮戰發生始末
所謂八二三砲戰並非只發生於一天，實際上自一九五八年八月二十三日，中華人民共和國人民解放軍與數百門大砲於當日下午五點三十分同時向大小金門大擔、小擔等島，進行密集性的砲擊起，在短短八十五分鐘內共發射了三萬多發砲彈，砲戰並持續到一九五九年一月七日。總計人民解放軍向金門等地砲擊的數量超過四十萬枚，無論數量或是密度，都在人類戰史上可佔一席之地，由於砲戰始於八月二十三日，史稱「八二三砲戰」，又由於這是一九四九年以後台海第二次大規模的軍事對抗，也有稱為「第二次台海危機」者。
The entire story of the artillery war
What we call the 823 artillery war wasn't over in a single day. It started at 5:30 p.m. on August 23, 1958, when the People's Liberation Army (PLA) of the PRC shot several hundred large artillery shells at several islands of Kinmen, including Big Tan and Little Tan, in an intensive artillery attack. In 85 short minutes, they had fired more than 30,000 shells. The artillery battle continued until January 7, 1959. The total number of shells fired at Kinmen and the surrounding areas by the PLA exceeded 400,000, both in number and density a rare record in human history. Since the artillery battle started on August 23, it has been called the "823 artillery battle" [8 standing for August], and also the "Second Taiwan Strait Crisis", since it was the second large-scale military confrontation to occur in the Taiwan Strait since 1949.
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