Even though they finally adopted a policy of firing only on oddnumbered days at night with "propaganda bombs" that exploded in midair, and even though the troops and civilians of Kinmen learned how to tell how far away the bombs were exploding from the sound, even "propaganda bombs" can be lethal, and so every other day families would eat dinner early and then huddle in their air raid shelters.
雖然後來中共已固定採取「單日打、雙日停」，以及只在晚上發射在空中就引爆的「宣傳砲彈」，金門軍民仍都練就出遠遠就知道砲彈與自己距離的本事。而且宣傳彈也具殺傷力，因此每逢單日，家家戶戶會早早吃過晚餐，躲到自家防空洞。