 The local commander realized the struggle was futile and was unwilling to waste troops in the lost cause, and thus asked and received permission to withdraw.On 26 February 1955, the People's Liberation Army took the Southern Deer Mountain Archipelago and the battle concluded.For the Communists, the gaining of these archipelagos eliminated the Nationalist threat to the vital coastal shipping line, and the Nationalist bases to strike coastal regions, but as Chiang Kai-shek grudgingly allowed the archipelagos to fall to the Communists so that the other offshore island groups, Kinmen and Matsu, could be successfully defended, the result of the battle could therefore be considered a draw.