In the end, the Venetians' 20 battleships escaped back with only 4 gunboats and 2 old galleys, which can be said to be a complete defeat.

Moreover, to the depressive part of the Venetians, if it weren't for the drag of the Indian maharaja's pig teammate fleet, they wouldn't have been so miserable. If it weren't for the hundreds of small Indian warships, the Venetian warships would have been able to maneuver to dodge the Spanish shells.

But history has no ifs, and the Venetians could not have imagined that the fleet of the Indian maharaja would be so frustrated. Not only can't it help, but it also helps. But in all fairness, the Venetians would not have been able to win without the fleets of the Maharajas.

Outwardly, the Venetians had 20 battleships. However, those 10 old galleys were not really very useful. In the final stages of the battle, Giglioni suffered a great loss when he tried to fight the Spaniards in a traditional broadside battle with five galleys.

First of all, da Costa is a coward. He was afraid of broadside battles, so he ordered the ships to maneuver back and avoid broadside battles. At the same time, let the flotilla fan encircle and shell several old galleys in Venice. This was unintentional, but it happened to be in line with the trend of naval warfare, and thus suffered greatly for Giglioni's fleet of old-fashioned galleys.

Moreover, it was not that there were no Venetian galleys to get on the enemy ships, but after being admitted, the Venetian sailors jumped ship and failed. Why? They were beaten by the Spaniards' muskets and thrown into the sea......

Coincidentally, da Costa's family is a well-known musket maker in Spain. The famous Mushkert musket is the flagship product of the da Costa family. Because of the emergence of the Marin phalanx and the Spanish also started the phalanx, Da Costa's family orders continued and business was very good.

After bribing the officer to get the position of commander of the fleet, da Costa took advantage of his position and ordered the fleet to purchase a large number of arquebuses. Of course, not heavy muskets like Mushkert's muskets, but miniaturized arquebuses for the convenience of sailors.

It should be noted that in the 16th century, army commanders had the power to decide what kind of weapons to procure. Commanders, on the other hand, tend to use their power for personal gain, purchasing weapons from arms dealers close to them, rather than picking the best ones.

Among them, the most classic case is the promotion of the French flintlock pistol. At the beginning, with the support of Henry IV, the Frenchman Mahan was the first to invent the practical flintlock pistol, and Henry IV also intended to promote it in the French army.

However, this was not in the interests of the French generals. After all, the generals of each army have their own stable arms suppliers and will not be replaced casually. Even, some of the army's arms suppliers are the general's own family, or the general himself has a stake in it. Therefore, Henry IV's promotion of the flintlock pistol was blocked. After the assassination of Henry IV, Mahan and his invention of the flintlock pistol were directly vetoed by the French military bigwigs. It was not until the Thirty Years' War that the flintlock pistol shone brightly on the Swedish Gustav line and gained the attention of the French again......

It was with the miniature Mushquet arquebus, inadvertently promoted by da Costa, that the Spanish sailors managed to repel the decisive counterattack of the Venetian sailors. Most of the Venetian sailors who jumped ship were shot down by muskets, and the few Venetian sailors who were lucky enough to jump onto the Spaniard's ship were also hacked to death by the Spanish sailors......

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As for Pinamonti's 7 gunboats, the tactics were actually somewhat contradictory. Because the sailors on board were not well adapted to the tactics of naval warfare at sea and shelling each other with enemy ships.

The Venetian gunners, in fact, were originally drawn from the army or coastal defense batteries, and they operated Turkish artillery that they were not familiar with. Shooting a cannon on land is not the same thing as firing a cannon on a ship. After all, artillery on land is stationary. And the guns that were put on were rocking with the ship, and it was very difficult to aim.

Therefore, the fact that the Venetian gunboats were able to sink two Spanish warships this time was purely accidental and blind.

Why? Because the two Spanish battleships themselves actually had problems for a long time and needed to be overhauled. What's the problem? The bottom of the ship was badly eroded by maggots, and the planks on the bottom of the ship under the waterline needed to be replaced......

After all, the Spanish Portuguese Union and its fleet have been cruising in the Indian Ocean for too long, and it is time for a major overhaul. And the Venetian shell, which happened to hit the part of the waterline of the two Spanish battleships, was the part that was more badly eroded by the maggots. Then, of course, the two Spanish battleships were punched into the water and sank......

In other words, if it weren't for the Spanish fleet's own ships not being well maintained, the Venetians would probably not have achieved much. But because of this coincidental result, the Venetians finally recognized that the gunboats were more suitable for modern naval warfare than the old galleys......

On the voyage back to Egypt, Pinamonti and Giglioni co-wrote their thoughts on the naval battle. The two said that artillery warfare is indeed the mainstream of naval warfare in the future, but broadside warfare also needs to be retained. Otherwise, if someone jumps out of ship and no one can resist it, the gunner may be hacked to death by the enemy. In addition, it seems that muskets can also be introduced for broadside warfare......

And then, Pinamonti suggested - to train a group of artillery specifically for naval warfare. This naval battle showed that artillery on land is not suitable for fire. Therefore, it is necessary to train specialized battleship gunners. And the method of training is naturally to send artillery officers to study in Beihai Country. After all, the Battle of Jutland fought by the Marin and the Hamburg fleet against the Danish fleet was the first naval battle won by artillery. That naval battle brought the curtain down on Denmark, a maritime power. Therefore, the Beihai Navy must have rich experience in naval artillery warfare, and it can send people to learn it......

In addition, the Venetians have no other choice......

At present, there are only three major countries where the navy vigorously promotes artillery - Spain, Portugal and the North Sea countries (in fact, Hamburg and Lübeck also partially promote artillery, but on a small scale). However, Spain and Portugal were clearly enemies of Venice because of the competition for the spice trade in India. Therefore, Venice had no choice but to learn from the Beihai Kingdom, with which it had a good relationship......

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In fact, Pinamonti and Giglioni didn't know that they had escaped too closely......

For, shortly after they fled, the Portuguese fleet, returning from Canton, returned to Calicut.

The Portuguese Foreign Minister Ricardo, who had returned to India, was full of anger that his trip to the East had been a failure. wanted to annex Malacca, but was beaten back. I couldn't do business with the Ming Dynasty, and I was beaten back after turning my face......

In the two major wars, although the Portuguese did not lose ships, they lost thousands of sailors, almost half of the fleet.

If it weren't for the three Southeast Asian merchant ships that had returned from the tributary trade of the Ming Dynasty, Ricardo probably wouldn't have dared to return to Portugal. Because, he was afraid that Manuel I would pick his skin.

Ricardo was so angry that when he heard that there had been a naval battle at sea, he went out with 22 Portuguese warships without saying a word. But when he arrived at the battlefield, he found that the naval battle was over. And the Spanish commander da Costa was proudly showing off his exploits to him.

Without saying a word, Ricardo directly ordered 22 Portuguese warships to hunt down the remnants of the combined fleet of the Indian princes, and went directly to hunt down for several days. Not only did they wipe out the poor tattered fleets of the Indian princes, but they also took the opportunity to capture Diu.

After capturing Diu, Ricardo directly ordered the slaughter of the city in order to vent his anger. After looting the wealth of Diu, he also set fire to the city of Diu.

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After returning to Calicut, Ricardo almost jumped in anger with a piece of news from a local merchant - it turned out that Ricardo had learned from the spice merchant that the guns that the Kingdom of Malacca was actually given to him by Columbus of the North Sea Kingdom......

In other words, Portugal's big loss this time was entirely due to Columbus and the North Sea Kingdom......

Ricardo was filled with anger, but secretly happy. Why? He found an excuse for his defeat - you see, I was defeated because the Beihai Kingdom provided those guns, and you can't blame me......

Then, finding an excuse, Ricardo returned home with 10 warships, leaving 12 warships to continue the blockade of the Arabian Sea.

Shortly after Marin left Lisbon, Ricardo also returned to Lisbon. While bringing back 3 ships of silk and porcelain, he also explained to Manuel I the reason for the failure to capture the Kingdom of Malacca - all blamed on Columbus, who asked him to send a batch of guns to the Kingdom of Malacca......