The port of Valletta City in Malta is crowded with more than 30,000 soldiers, sailors, servants, slaves, and more than 200 large and small ships, so that people are surging in the shallows. Even if these expeditionary members board their own ships, it took a lot of time.

The expeditionary force of more than 30,000 people is much more than the residents of Malta. This is a grand occasion that only one-third of the area of ​​Hong Kong Island has never been seen. Almost all forces along the Mediterranean region participated in the expedition.

"Are you really going to follow us to fight? This expedition to Egypt is not a joke. The knights of our Knights are likely to die in the battlefield." Castella looked at her sister wearing half-armor and confirmed for the last time.

"I am a member of the Knights Hospital. I can only grow up safely by everyone on the Island of Malta. I also want to use muskets to fight for the survival of the Knights. After this expedition, I want to go to the world outside the Mediterranean." Hannah said.

After experiencing the sea battle on the Tunisian Strait, she knew that the war was cruel, but this was the real world outside Malta. In an era of scarcity of supplies, all forces were fighting for their own living space.

From not experiencing the cruelty of war to taking the initiative to join the war, Hannah no longer had the naivety of arguing with Li Jinde a few months ago, but had a strong face.

This made Castella, as her brother, not be able to refuse her determination to join the expedition.

"Then you go out with our Knights. You must live on the battlefield so that you can go to the world outside the Mediterranean. Our Knights are only a small place in the Island of Malta, and you must contact more advanced firearms from the outside to allow the Knights to continue." Castella did not object to Hannah's participation in the battle this time.

After a sea battle, even a newcomer would grow into half a veteran.

"Castra, are the ships of the Knights Order in your hospital ready?" Sun Xu walked over and asked.

"We're ready to board the ship," Castella said.

The fleet of the Knights of the Hospital captured many Ottoman ships and drove war horses to board the sailing ship.

Although the cavalry has reduced its effect with the popularity of firearms, it still plays a very important role. The Knights of the Hospital have always maintained a cavalry composed of knights.

These knights brought out their own equipment from their ancestors, which was a sacred expedition for them.

In addition to the Knights of the Hospital, many knights also arrived in the Pope. They brought about 300 war horses, and could barely form a cavalry team with the Knights of the Hospital.

Sun Chuanting and others did not have high hopes for this cavalry that united only 400 people. The most important thing to deal with the Turkish Guards and Mamluk cavalry was the square formation composed of musketeers and spearmen.

"Li Jinde, it's time for us to set off." Sir Greenville also put on his armor.

"Yes!" Although Li Jinde was unwilling to continue to expand the war, he still participated in the expedition when the war was really about to begin.

This time everyone brought their own equipment to fight, and they also had to participate in this war. Except for some hospitals, Knights and warships were responsible for protecting the logistics base of Malta, all other troops were dispatched.

"Do you think that such a little of them can resist the impact of the Mamluk cavalry legion? When the cavalry of tens of thousands of people attacks, any soldier will be timid when they see it. The reason why we form a solid square formation is to make the soldiers have nowhere to escape, and we can only lean closely together to block the impact of the cavalry." The commander of Venice, Corner, said to the naval commander Capelo.

They were on a giant Calaisian battleship and watched groups of friendly soldiers board the ship, with a little uneasy in their words.

Just as Sun Chuanting suspected the combat effectiveness of their Venetian army, Conar also doubted whether this group of infantry from the East could carry the banner.

Everyone felt nervous about the Mamluk cavalry in Egypt.

Any ally who loses his chain will be a disaster in front of the tens of thousands of brave and warlike Mamluk cavalry legions.

"Look at their sailing ships, their designs are very cleverly different from ours. It seems that the hull is thicker and more suitable for combat. There is also the iron ship monster, which is said to have carried the fleet back and forth in the Ottoman fleet, and even dozens of shells were unscathed. Their navy is so terrible that it is hard to imagine whether their infantry also has any hidden weapons. Their daring to launch an expedition to Egypt means that they are sure to win." Capelo said something.

"Don't understand how they made the iron ship float on the water, or did they just wrap a layer of iron around the hull?"

"It doesn't look as simple as wrapping a layer of iron. Think about it, if the other party wrapped a layer of iron on the outside of the wooden boat, the shape of the boat should be no different from that of an ordinary sailboat. The limit is that the keel can make the length of the boat reach more than 60 meters. For example, a narrow ship that is more than 90 meters long, without the keel can withstand the wind and waves on the ocean. They came here from tens of thousands of miles away from the east, indicating that the iron boat has withstood the impact of the wind and waves on the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean."

As a veteran of Venice, Capelo spent most of his life on sailing ships. He was so familiar with the strength of wooden sailing ships that he could not be familiar with. No matter how he thought about it, he could not understand the structure of the ironclad General Fubo.

The aspect ratio and hull length of the ironclad ship are far beyond the imagination of people of standard ships in the sailing ship era.

"Maybe there is a tall tree in the east that we don't know. The height of this tree may reach an astonishing 100 meters. Using the trunk of such a tree, a ship with a length of more than 90 meters can be built." Kornal tried to explain.

"Konal, I think we should not imagine randomly for explanation. The other party has already admitted that it is an iron ship. Such shipbuilding technology cannot be produced by the Netherlands. The Netherlands built cheap cargo ships, and they could not build such iron ships no matter what. I think it would be better to ask the Budget Committee to buy an iron ship from the East for research, and maybe we can find the secrets hidden in the iron ships." Capelo said with interest.

As soon as the ironclad ship appeared, it became the focus of the six-nation coalition.

And it exploded a Spanish sailboat on the other side in a decisive battle with the Ottoman fleet without any damage, which is enough to show a lot of things!
Chapter completed!