南澳之战是闻名中外的广东抗日“第一大仗”。国民革命军62军第157师940团1营一个加强连联合民众抗日自卫团英勇抗击，日寇伤亡500余人，大大打击了日寇南侵的气焰，表现了广东军民英勇不屈的爱国精神，在中国抗战史上写下了可歌可泣的一页。
The Battle of Nanao was the "first battle" of Guangdong's resistance against Japanese aggression. The 62nd army of the National Revolutionary Army, 157th Division, 940 Regiment 1 battalion, a strengthened company combined with the people's anti-Japanese self-defense Group to fight bravely, the Japanese invaders suffered more than 500 casualties, which greatly hit the Japanese aggression in the south, showing the heroic and unbending patriotic spirit of the Guangdong army and people, and wrote a page in the history of Chinese resistance.