Fan's defection was not an isolated event. It indicates that the masses as well as Communist officers on the Chinese mainland hate tyranny and that they are being drawn to the cause of freedom in the Republic of China.
范義士的起義，雖屬個別事件，但絕非孤立事件，它意味著大陸同胞及共軍幹部對共產暴政的厭惡，也顯示出我復興基地對他們潛在的、無比的吸引力。人心思漢，於此得到最有力的證明。