Although the bombardment mission ended early and thus was not a success, the nationalists were quick to devise a plan based on the experience to counterattack by wiping out the communist naval force after luring it out to the open ocean, and then retake the islands from the communists who would not have any naval support of their own. However, the communists also learned from earlier experience and reached the conclusion of not to engaging the much stronger nationalist naval force in the open ocean where the condition favored the latter.
Despite the early termination of the aerial bombardment mission and its failure, the nationalists swiftly crafted a plan based on their experience to launch a counterattack by eliminating the communist naval fleet after drawing it out into the open sea, and then reclaim the islands from the communists who would not have access to any naval support. Nevertheless, the communists also learned from previous setbacks and concluded that it was unwise to engage the much more powerful nationalist naval force in the open ocean, where the situation favored the latter.