1949年元旦,国民党中央社广播了蒋介石的《新年文告》,各大报纸也刊登了这一特大新闻。在这篇文告中,蒋介石宣称下野,不再担任总统,解甲归田,退隐家乡。1月21日下午,蒋介石匆匆拜谒中山陵,搭乘“美龄号”座机飞抵杭州。第二天一早直飞宁波,换乘美国高级防弹轿车,沿着鄞奉公路,驰向他的家乡——奉化溪口。 New Year’s Day in 1949, the KMT Central News Agency broadcast Chiang Kai-shek’s “New Year’s proclamation”, the major newspapers also published this big news. In this report, Chiang Kai-shek declared himself out of office and ceased to be the president, returning to his homeland and retiring from his hometown. On the afternoon of January 21, Chiang Kai-shek paid a visit to Sun Yat-sen in a hurry and took a flight to Hangzhou. The next morning direct flights to Ningbo, transfer to the United States high-level bullet-proof sedan, along the Yin Feng Road, Chihiro to his hometown - Fenghua Xikou.