After hearing of their arrival in the Penghus, the Taiwan education authorities sent representatives who decided that a majority of students should serve in the armed forces. At the end of their long flight, the 8,000 students had ultimately failed to avoid being drafted into the war.
到了澎湖，台灣的教育單位聽到消息派人前來，最後裁定大部份的學生仍要當兵，八千名流亡學生，終究難逃被「拉伕」的厄運。