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What was that?

It came from the armory and the explosive shed, General!

That's what the infiltrators were after!

What are waiting for? Go after them?

Yes, sir!

They couldn't have gone far.

Issue an alert!

Search all roads and beaches!

I've already ordered my men to search the beaches.

There's a good chance that they came by sea.

Something's gone wrong.

We just blew up the explosive shed and they're already searching the beach.

Perhaps the team that went to the command center was captured.

Darn...

You're safe!

What happened?

We've been exposed.

They must've found the guard's body that we buried under water.

What?!

There are at least 4.000 of them.

They probably sealed off all the roads out of here.

We can't get to our boat either.

I want you to break off from us for now. Get away from here as quick as you can.

This is your hometown so they won't be suspicious of you.

Huh?

We have no choice.

We've destroyed their explosives, so we've achieved our ultimate goal.

But they won't know if we succeeded or not at the headquarters.

It's better than being captured by the enemy.

Then let's die fighting! Let's send a few Japanese to hell before we die!

Don't you see? Human life is resilient.

There's no guarantee that we will be killed.

What if we are captured alive? We will be subjected to torture.

And eventually, the Left Cholla Navy will be exposed.

If that happens, everything is over!

I won't hear this nonsense. Get out of here!

San-bok...

I'll figure something out.

I'll lure them away from here, so get out of here alive.

That's insane. You're getting out of here!

We can save you if not ourselves.

You call yourselves soldiers?

Oh, and special soldiers at that?

You haven't even completed your mission and you're talking about

killing yourselves! Is that what soldiers do?

Go! Just go!

Bring back the troops and save the poor people!

I have no reason to live anymore.

My girl was killed right in front of my eyes and I didn't do anything.

Go, and don't let this happen to other people.

Or I will be cursing you from my grave. You got that?

Hey! You filthy beasts!

Are you looking for me? I'm right here, you fools!

It was me! I'm the one who blew up your explosives!

Yes, I blew up your explosives!

And now I'm going to kill all of you!

What? You let them get away?

Forgive me, sir.

Who? Who dare humiliate us like this!

It has to be the routed Right Kyung-sang Navy.

They were headquartered here in Koje.

Right Kyung-sang Navy...

Not a bad...

So they want to take back Koje...

Then where could they be hidings?

Chances are they are here in Hansan-do. Our forces have yet to reach this area.

Then we must go to Hansan-do now and annihilate them!

Idiot! How will you fight without gunpowder?

Oh...

Always keep a cool head.

When a commander lose his cool, he could lead his entire army to death!

Shinichi.

Yes, sir.

Go to General Shimazu in Gaduk.

Yes, sir.

Just tell him that, we need gunpowder.

He doesn't need to know about what happened here tonight. Understand?

Yes, General.

Hansan-do...

Did you say that the young man's name was Chang San-bok?

Yes, sir...

Constable Kwon.

Yes, sir.

Arrange a ceremony to comfort the young man's soul.

Yes, sir.

Wow! So this is that deadly weapon they call musket!

Commander Yi.

Yes, sir.

Have Pyung-san at the armory take a close look at its design.

It's a weapon that uses gunpowder, so call the cannon crew leader

Chung Dae-man to have a look as well.

Yes, sir.

These marks on the map appears to indicate the area they have

searched so far. If I'm right, the enemy has not searched beyond

the coast of Hansan-do.

I guess that means the Left Cholla Navy and the remaining

Right Kyung-sang Navy have not been exposed yet.

That's right.

But they will soon expand their search into Hansan-do inland and

Dang-po as well. We don't have time to be sitting around here.

The Left Cholla Navy will attack Okpo tomorrow on the 7th of May

and wipe out the enemy!

General Konishi, I cannot allow you to cross Yimjin River and advance westward.

I don't believe that your decision, General Kato.

It is His Highness the Taiko's order to press on to Hwang-hae Province.

The situation has changed!

That's right, General.

His order was to proceed after the capture of the Chosun King.

What is the difference?

Are you up to your old tricks?

General Kato!

Aren't you trying to spare the life of the King and pursue friendly

relations with Chosun?

That's absurd!

This man is an interpreter for a man named Yi Duk-hyong.

I hear you offered peace with of the royal court of Chosun.

I'm sorry. The diplomat that you called to talk peace with you has

taken flight, and his interpreter has become General Kato's prisoner.

General, that's...

Stay out of this!

If you're going after the head of the King, you can go as far west

as you wish!

But how can we let you follow the King west when you

continue to try to pull these tricks on us?

Only the Taiko can decide the direction of the first division!

Spoils of war from General Hidei, Your Eminence.

He sends word that Kyung-sang Province has been captured.

Where is the head of the King?

Your Eminence...

I can get a house full of these bowls once I have his head.

Jotai.

Yes, Your Eminence.

How is the Goshomaru coming along?

I believe we are on the final stages of construction, Your Eminence.

Hasten the completion.

I'm going to have to go to Chosun and direct this war myself.

Yes?

These must be the girls for General Kato's banquet tonight.

Do we really have to do this?

What do you mean?

Do we have to push these poor ladies into the arms of those

beastly, I mean, those Japanese generals?

Mujik, please stay out of this.

Hong!

Supervisor Byun.

Yes, sir.

These girls don't look presentable for General Kato's banquet.

Take them out and doll them up a little.

Yes, sir.

How dare you! I am a lady of nobility!

How dare you lowly merchants insult me this way!

No! I would die first before I become a toy for the Japanese!

They will not defile me!

You wench! How dare you!

Wake up. You're not a lady of anything anymore.

What good is exalted status when Chosun no longer exists?

This is no longer Chosun. This is Japan.

Chosun crumbled the day that the King left his people and fled the palace.

So blame your King, not us.

The 200 year old city has fallen into the enemy's hands...

My regret is infinite, Your Majesty...

Your Majesty, Gae-sung may no longer be safe. I urge you to...

You mean we must move again?

Your Highness...

Where do we go from here?

Your Majesty, I advise that we move the royal carriage to Pyung-yang

and request military aid from Ming.

Military aid?

Find another solution. We cannot turn to Ming for help just like that.

How would that make us look?

It is a proper command, Your Highness.

I agree, Your Majesty.

Prince Kwang-hae is right, Royal Secretariat.

We must try everything we can first before we request aid from Ming.

Your Majesty, perhaps the royal princes can tour the Ham-kyung

and Pyung-an region and mobilize an Imperial Army.

It is time that for the royal house to set examples for the people.

Send the royal princes into the lion's den?

These are signs of ruin. Signs of ruin indeed...

How much more of this disgrace can the royal house endure?

Were are the warriors who are supposed to be defending this country?

High Commander...

Twenty-three ships against thirty...

If they do not have cannons, we have a good chance.

Twenty-seven against thirty would increase our chances even more.

Are you still putting your hopes on the Right Kyung-sang Navy?

I said eleven hours tomorrow, but knowing High Commander Won, he

would've already been here by now if he was coming.

Do you think so?

If he were just a warrior, he would act according to his whim.

But he is the High Commander of Right Kyung-sang Navy.

I'm confident that he will make the right decision.

Then perhaps you should have a word with him directly, sir.

He might be more receptive to gentle persuasion.

That is not a good idea.

Permit me, sir.

I don't need it!

You never give up after first try.

You're learning.

Allow me.

Sit down. Have a drink.

Lt. Yi, how old are you?

I'm twenty-seven years old, sir.

Twenty-seven... That's a good age.

I'm fifty. Have I lived too long?

Sir...

I was at the northern front at your age.

Those were the days when I was fearless and daring.

The tension between me and the enemy... that intense tension...

I was never afraid of it. In fact, I enjoyed it.

I struck down everything that came in my way.

And I never lost a battle. Never, not once, but...

Nothing's changed, sir. You've never lost a battle and you never will.

Why did you decided to go to Jukjin-po?

You had conviction that we would win. Isn't that right?

We gave it our best, sir.

We've suffered too much damage. And... I sank my own battleships.

How can you blame Yi Soon-shin for sneering at me?

He probably thinks that I don't deserve to be in a uniform.

No, sir. You are the High Commander of Right Kyung-sang Navy.

You must rise above it. It was a heavy price, but you're better for it.

Go to Dang-po.

You are not stooping and this is not something to be ashamed of.

You will just be gaining more subordinates.

The only difference between the Right Kyung-sang Navy and the Left Cholla Navy

is that one was at the battlefield and the other wasn't.

If they were there instead of us, the outcome would've been identical.

Lt. Yi...

Go, High Commander. We have to go and fight.

You can't trust that coward Yi Soon-shin to lead all of those men.

What do you think the High Commander will do?

Do you think he'll listen to Lt. Yi?

I doubt it.

Then you should persuade him.

No. Why should the High Commander have to take orders from Yi Soon-shin?

He'll never go, but if he says he will, I'll talk him out of it!

How can you be so dense?

Do you want to stay here and lose what's remaining of this navy?

Magistrate Ki!

What happened?

There was a report of enemy attack after we sank our battleships, so

we abandoned our station, and...

I'm terribly ashamed...

What do you mean? We're thankful that you're back, and I'm sure the

High Commander will be pleased as well.

I've gathered as many scattered soldiers around Koje as I could

and brought them with me.

Wonderful. That's good work.

Where are the other commanders? The Left Cholla Navy wouldn't dare

insult us this way if we had the entire forces of 8 garrisons and 16 ports!

You are truly dense. That won't solve our problem.

We don't have enough battleships!

We must convince the High Commander. We don't have a chance against the enemy

unless we form an alliance with the Left Cholla Navy.

Yes, the gun powder goes right here.

Yes, right here.

Wait, what's this?

Maybe you have to put some gun powder here too.

Then the bullet,

and you use this to pack them.

I gotta hand it to them. They're smart!

The stick is attached to the gun, so it's very convenient!

Now we put the wick...

Yes, the wick.

And let's light it up.

Here we go.

What are you doing? You're going to frighten the boys!

What was that?

What was that noise? Are we under attack?

Mother!

Jakbo, could the Japanese really be that awful?

Could they be worse than the devils?

How should I know?

The refugees say that every single Japanese soldier have one of those

fire sticks.

And there are so many of them that you can't even count!

I'm afraid we're all going to get killed the moment we start fighting.

And if we're lucky, we'll lose an eye or an arm and become crippled for life.

Good grief! I can't sleep with all this talking!

Why are you all getting up? On your backs, now!

Young-gap...

You're not going to die. You're not, so just go back to sleep.

It would be different if we've been chanting empty prayers all year, but

we trained hard and became the best navy there is.

So none of us is going to die, and none of us is going to be crippled?

So get back to sleep. Now!

But...

If I hear another word out of you, you're not going to be alive to

fight the Japanese. You got that?

The soldiers are clearly shaken up

by the refugees that came from Okpo.

Although well trained, they have never been in an actual battle.

Perhaps it's natural for them to be in fear.

How can we fight with frightened soldiers?

This may be our most serious problem yet, sir.

Don't make this more complicate than it is.

Let's put them to work and keep them busy.

They're thinking too much because they have nothing to do.

Yes, that's right!

Work, work, work! Work is best medicine in times like this.

High Commander, it's Dae-man.

Come in.

Did you study it thoroughly? Have you figured out how it works?

Yes, sir.

Good work.

That's not all that we learned, sir.

You wish to go to the south to the battlefield?

Yes.

The capital city has fallen into the hands of the enemy,

and the royal carriage is fleeing further north to Pyong-yang.

That is why I felt even more strongly that I should go.

If you cross Yimjin River and go as far south as the capital, you'll

find Japanese soldiers every street corner. To a woman, a war is...

Even more treacherous, I know.

Unlucky ones who are captured end up becoming play toys for the enemy.

If you know, why do you wish to go?

At first I sought to run.

When I left the city and joined exodus, I thought that's what I should do.

But when will this war end if everyone ran away from it?

I'm courtesan of lowly birth, but I've lived my life donned in silk dresses

lightly deploring the world with the most illustrious lords of the court.

I'm inclined to think that it is not a small transgression, my lord.

It may be time that I took off that silk dress.

I may be a woman, but I am young. Perhaps if I go where human hands

are needed there may be work that I can do.

You're so stubborn and foolhardy...

Who could talk you out of anything?

Stubborn and foolhardy?

You always grieve that it is a hopeless world, but you would not

stop serving the country even if the country doesn't want you.

I don't think I'm not the only one who fits in that category, my lord.

It's the enemy! It's the enemy!

Alert! Alert!

It's the enemy!

Alert!

Column formation! Column formation!

Ban!-dap division, all present and accounted for!

Soon-chun division, all present and accounted for!

Commander.

What is it?

We're missing three soldiers.

What? You mean they abandoned the camp?

It's the Japanese! How did they get here?

Those monsters are moving fast!

Look, they have those fire sticks!

Who are these men?

They were trying to run away and hide in the woods, sir.

Take off your masks.

Wait, that's Dae-man!

Dae-man! What's going on?

Yeah, it's me! It's me, the cannon crew leader Dae-man!

Did you not hear the alert signal?

Yes, sir.

Then what were you doing when you should've been preparing to fight?

I made a terrible mistake, sir! I was so scared and afraid...

This will never happen again, never!

Chung Dae-man!

Yes, sir.

Shoot him.

High Commander!

Now!

Draw the musket!

Sir, please!

Aim!

Sir!

Aim!

Aim!

Get up!

Get up, I said!

Huh?!

It is not the musket that made you fall. It is your fear!

High Commander...!

Listen up!

The enemy is not demons from hell!

This is only a mask!

There's only one reason why they would wear masks, and that's to hide their

own frightened faces!

What's more, no matter how powerful their muskets might be, its range

does not exceed more than 50 paces! They are no match for our cannons!

So as long as we keep a distance of 50 paces from the enemy, they

will not kill us!

Remember. The Japanese is not our biggest enemy.

Our biggest enemy is our own fear!

Do not fear! Trust me and trust in your fellow soldiers!

You must keep faith and fight!

Do not doubt that the Left Cholla Navy is the strongest navy there is!

Long Live Left Cholla Navy! Long Live Left Cholla Navy!

Um, Lieutenant...

Isn't the Left Cholla Navy coming to our aid?

Are we going to fight alone?

If they don't come to us, shouldn't we go to them?

If we should suffer another defeat like the last time...

No, we won't be defeated.

This place Hansan-do is only a few miles from Koje.

It won't be long before they find us.

Stop! What do you take your father for?

Stop being so stubborn, Father!

Lieutenant, I have something to ask, sir.

Stop this nonsense and go back home!

Please be quiet, Father!

Sir, please let my father go home. I'll take his place here.

Would you stop?

Lieutenant, don't listen to this boy.

He is my only child. I can't put him on that dangerous battlefield.

I'm a healthy young man, Father. How do you think it makes me feel

having my old father risking his life on the battlefield?

Go home, now!

Yes, you should go.

Let the soldiers fight the war and go home.

I can't send him home when he has not completed his duty.

The lieutenant is right. Go home now. Go home and take care of your mother.

Be quiet, Father!

This isn't right, Lieutenant. Could you leave your old father

on the battlefield and go home if you were in my shoes?

Laws are not to be taken lightly.

It is not my authority, to grant his discharge.

Fine then, let me have a set of uniforms.

And let me be right next to my father. You can do that, can't you?

I'm back, General.

I trust that you brought back ample supply of gunpowder?

Of course, sir.

Yamada.

Sir!

Launch the reconnaissance vessels.

Conduct a thorough search of the Nearby waters including Hansan-do.

Yes, sir!

High Commander, we are ready to board, sir.

Was it yesterday that they were supposed to be here?

Yes, sir.

I guess the Right Kyung-sang Navy is not coming after all...

Let us go.

Sir!

I'm glad you're here, High Commander Won!

I should be the one to welcome you!

Since these waters are under Right Kyung-sang Navy jurisdiction.

I will be in command from now on.

I will give you and your men a chance to be a war hero.