As a result, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt and some princes of India, including the Ottoman Turks, began to engage in tandem, intending to deal with this arrogant Spanish-Portuguese alliance and fleet together.

But the strange thing is that Venice, whose interests have suffered the most, is still a little silent and continues to dig rivers there......

The Egyptians approached the Venetian representatives and asked them to join them in the operation against the combined Spanish and Portuguese fleets, but they were refused. The reason of the Venetians was that because the Venetian ships could not sail into the Red Sea and could not compete with the combined fleet of Spain and Portugal. Want revenge? When we're done digging the canal, we'll blow up the boats and kill them......

In fact, that's exactly what the Venetians think. And, too, it does. This was due to the fact that Venice was afraid of getting involved in the dispute too early, not only by not being able to strike at Spain and Portugal, but also by causing war with Spain and Portugal.

Although Venice may not be afraid of Spain and Portugal, it is afraid that the other side will interfere with Venice's digging of the Suez Canal. The sooner the Suez Canal is opened, the sooner the benefits will be generated. Therefore, for Venice, it is the best choice to endure and wait for the future.

Of course, Venice is also happy to see the bad luck of Spain and Portugal. To this end, the Venetian parliament specially approved 300,000 ducats to support the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt, support the Egyptians to buy ships and recruit people, expand their maritime power, and open up their work with Spain and Portugal. In any case, it will cause some problems for these two countries......

Marin was busy preparing manpower and supplies for the construction of Panama City, so he naturally did not know what was happening on this side of the Indian Ocean. However, even if he knew, Marin would have directly judged that the Spanish and Portuguese coalition would win. Why? History has proven this......

Originally, in history, in the Battle of Diu that broke out in 1509, the Portuguese relied on 18 ships and 1,800 sailors to defeat 2,000 ships and more than 20,000 sailors of the coalition army.

And this Spanish Portuguese Union and fleet are even more powerful than the Portuguese fleet in the original history. Although there were only 8 more ships, all of them were big ships. The Portuguese fleet in the Battle of Diu consisted of 5 large Clark galleons, 4 small Clark galleons, 6 Caravel galleons and 3 small boats.

Not only that, but under the influence of Marin's ideas of naval warfare, the Spanish fleet was generally equipped with a large number of rear-loading bronze guns, that is, Furlong cannons, with calibers mainly 6-pounder and 3-pounder guns, and a small number of 10-pounder "heavy guns". Maybe the caliber is not very large, but it also depends on what kind of goods the opponent is......

The Egyptians were strongly supported by the Ottoman Turks. Why? Because of the maritime operations of Spain and Portugal, it affected the maritime timber transportation of Turkey!

Most of the Turkish-controlled areas are relatively arid and have less timber. Therefore, it is more dependent on importing high-quality timber from India and Southeast Asia. Even Turkey's naval fleet, which is still being formed, is mainly supplied with timber from India and Southeast Asia.

However, the domination of the Arabian Sea by the Spanish Portuguese Union and the fleet seriously affected the Ottoman Turks' timber acquisition. Therefore, in order to combat the arrogance of Spain and Portugal, the Ottoman Turks originally offered to provide Egypt with a number of large Mediterranean-style rowing warships, as well as Greek sailors for war (Greece is currently occupied by Turkey, and the people are also driven by Turkey).

However, when the Suez Canal has not yet been opened, how to transport these rowed warships to the other side of the Red Sea is a difficult problem.

So, the Venetians stepped forward - we helped you dismantle the ship and send it to the Red Sea coast in the south of the Sinai Peninsula to reassemble it...... For this reason, the Venetians urgently mobilized a large number of shipbuilders from the mainland......

The problem was that the Mediterranean-style oared warships provided by the Turks could only place a small number of guns in the bow and stern. As for the side side, it was not possible to accommodate the guns because of the need for paddling......

Therefore, the several large ships that the Turks sent to Egypt were not very capable of naval warfare......

However, neither the Egyptians nor the Turks knew that times had changed - they were still stuck in the old-fashioned naval warfare mentality of jetty gang warfare, and did not know that artillery warfare had risen......

So, before this naval battle was fought, the defeat of the Egyptians was doomed. Because, the ships of the Egyptian fleet were either large Mediterranean-style rowboats or dhows of Arabian dhows. The former can only hold a small number of artillery at the end of the head and tail, while the latter cannot carry artillery at all. As a result, bow and arrow shooting became the main mode of attack of this fleet. And the fleet of the Indian allies of the Egyptians, the maharajas, was about the same level, or even worse......

The large rowing ships provided by Turkey were relatively durable, although they lacked attack power. But those small dhows are really not durable, even if the main guns of the Spanish and Portuguese fleets are 6-pounder breech-loading bronze guns, it is enough to deal with these small Arab dhows capsized. As for the more durable Turkish ships, their numbers are too small and their attack power is too poor to control the occupation at all......

However, the Venetians, who were supposed to actively participate in the war, were reminded by Marin and were clearly aware of the gap between the two sides at the strategic and tactical level. However, the Venetians did not intend to remind the Egyptians. Why? Because the Venetians don't want to see Egypt strong on the sea......

In the Venetians' plans, once the Suez Canal was opened, it would be the time for Venice to dominate or even monopolize the Indian Ocean. But Egypt was an ally, and Venice could not take it upon itself to destroy the Egyptians' maritime power. Therefore, for Spain and Portugal to destroy Egypt's maritime power, it would be the best outcome for the Venetians.

Moreover, once the sea power was destroyed, the Mamluk dynasty of Egypt would rely even more on the Venetians. It will even provide more support for the excavation of canals in Venice. Because, the Mamluks must have hoped that Venice would help them avenge their ......

Therefore, don't look at the Venetians who paid for it and helped dismantle and assemble the ship, but in their hearts, they wished that Egypt would lose as badly as possible......

In the opposition to Spain and Portugal, Venice, the strongest, was paddling and did not work, while Turkey only provided a few old ships. The princes of Egypt and India remained, with low strength and backward tactical thinking. Therefore, this naval battle has not yet begun, but the outcome has long been doomed......

But in any case, some princes of Egypt and India will not be willing to withdraw from the stage of history after all. Therefore, they will make a final struggle to try to get a turnaround. After all, no one wants to give up such a lucrative fat as the spice trade. For the sake of interests, everyone will fight after all. Until the end, no one wants to let go and quit easily......