. "1,267 killed" . . . . "Division of Fujian" . . "China" . "200 landing vessels (mostly confiscated fishing boats)" . . . . "Guningtou" . . "failed to capture Kinmen" . "was thwarted" . . . . . "Nationalistvictory" . "Mainland artillery support" . . "Communist takeover attempt" . . . . "Roughly 40,000 garrisoned troops mainly from the ROC 18th Army, 22nd Army, 12th Army (more reinforcements arrived after the battle however)" . . "Battle of Guningtou" . . . "Kinmen" . . "1,982 wounded" . . "Air support fromROC Air Force" . . . "battle of Guningtou" . . "*Halt of Communist attempt to take the island" . "Battle of Guningtou" . . . . . . . "Battle of Kuningtou" . . "invasion of Kinmen Island" . "Maritime support fromROC Navy" . . . . . "19,000 infantry from PLA 29th Army Corps and the 244th, 246th, 251st, 253rd regiments from the PLA28th Army Corps(Only 9,086 actually landed)" . . . .