 "Yoshino" and "Akitsushima", along with the captured gunboat "Tsao-Kiang", returned to the vicinity of Pungdo Island, where they made rendezvous with "Naniwa" and "Yaeyama", "Musashi" and "Ōshima", which had just arrived from Chemulpo.Later that day, Rear Admiral Tsuboi ordered "Yaeyama", "Musashi" and "Ōshima", along with "Akitsushima" and"Tsao-Kiang", to join the main fleet at Kunsan under Vice-Admiral Itō.The battle had a direct impact on the fighting on land.