Some Japanese military officials predicted that it could hold out at best only another six months, even with the best of efforts to restore it.
而台鐵中、高級日本幹部，在悉數遣返日本時，曾經揚言：「依台鐵現況估計，不管做任何努力，頂多只能苟延殘喘六個月罷了！」