However, at least one squad of four "Attack-5Es" flew towards the two carriers that hadn't sunk yet and dropped laser-guided bombs.
It was this round of attacks that sent the two small carriers to their death knell.
Unfortunately, none of these four "Attack-5E" managed to return to Silan. Three were shot down after dropping their bombs, and the other one crashed on the way back.
As a result, nobody mentioned the mission of these four attack aircraft when tallying the combat results.
In fact, only these four attack aircraft were lost during the raid on Mumbai Port.
In contrast, in the aerial battle that erupted after the attack, twenty "War-9Bs" covering the retreat of the attack planes, under the command of the Early Warning Aircraft, shot down forty-seven Fanluo Fighters, suffering no losses of their own. It was due to such heavy losses that the Fanluo Air Force withdrew all its combat aircraft after dark.
