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All aboard! All aboard!

The enemy troops are boarding, sir.

Prepare the Heaven cannons.

All fleet, prepare the cannons!

Now! Get into formation! Line formation!

Line formation! Line formation!

Insert the cannons!

Insert the cannons!

Wait, those are...!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Wipe them out!

Return fire!

Return fire!

Aim for the lower decks! Our goal is to sink them!

Aim for the lower decks!

It's useless, sir! They're outside our effective range!

Get closer! Secure effective range!

All fleet advance!

Fire!

Fire!

Fire!

Prepare the cannons!

We must eliminate enemy commander! If we fail, this navy, no the entire

invasion force will struggle through this war!

General!

All of us may die here, but we will not stop fighting!

General!

Charge forward! Do not retreat!

If you can't get to the enemy commander, set his ship on fire!

Let them burn and die together!

The enemy has secured effective rage.

We must retreat, or they could destroy the command ship.

We will not retreat!

Sir!

Quickly relay the command to the Heung-hyang and Soon-chun division!

Turn the ships broadside!

Turn the ships broadside!

Increase speed! Besiege the enemy battleship!

Fire the cannons!

Fire!

General we're completely surrounded!

General, it's the enemy command ship!

Fire! Destroy the enemy command ship!

It's a complete victory, High Commander.

We won! We've destroyed their entire fleet!

Sea Battle of Okpo. Yi Soon-shin's first sea battle, and the first

victorious battle of Yimjin war was coming to an end.

Dodo Takadora the naval vanguard of the Japanese invasion force and

Yi Soon-shin's first opponent, was forced to retreat on foot

after losing all of his battleships and nearly all of his men.

He would later restore his honor by annihilating Won Kyun's fleet in the

Battle of Chilchun, but the Battle of Okpo marked the beginning of a

lasting rivalry with Yi Soon-shin as they would come up against each

other again in Myung-liang and Jorido sea battles.

Twenty-six Japanese battleships were destroyed in the Battle of Okpo and

over four thousand Japanese were killed, but Chosun Navy did not

lose a single battleship and did not lose a single soldier.

It was a complete and overwhelming victory.

Twenty-three battles and twenty-three victories... Yi Soon-shin's legend of

triumph had begin...

Move it, move it, we don't have all day!

Keep your eyes on the prisoners!

What's going on here, soldier?

We are retrieving the spoils of war and transporting the prisoners, sir.

Transporting the prisoners?

You mean you're going to keep those bastards alive?

High Commander Yi's orders are to transport all living prisoners back

to the Left Cholla headquarters.

That is absurd!

Slay them and retrieve their heads!

High Commander Yi's orders are not to inflict harm the prisoners who

are unarmed and have lost will to fight.

Are you going to defy my order? Don't you know who I am?

But, sir...

Slay them at once!

Sir, then allow me to report this to the High Commander first, and...

How dare you argue! A superior's orders is the law in the military!

I'll...!

Carry out my order immediately!

I can't. I cannot defy High Commander Yi's orders, sir!

If you continue to defy me, I will take your head first!

Lieutenant! How can you do this?

We're not the enemy!

He did nothing wrong!

High Commander!

What is it?

High Commander Won is firing arrows at our men for refusing to slay the

prisoners.

What?!

Stop him immediately!

Yes, sir!

The enemy's heads are the measure of a warrior merit at war.

That's what High Commander Won is thinking.

Doesn't he realize that we need them in order to lead this war to victory?

Stop!

Stay out of this!

High Commander Yi's policy is not to inflict harm on the unharmed prisoners.

You Left Cholla Navy officers have that line memorized like a talking parrot.

Go back and tell High Commander Yi that I don't adhere to such

ridiculous policies.

I cannot leave one single enemy soldier alive!

I will slay as many as I can and pickle their heads!

Then slay me first.

You...

High Commander Yi is my direct superior.

If I fail to carry out his order, I am a dead man anyway.

Withdraw your sword.

Step aside!

No!

Very well. If that is your wish, I will slay you first!

Do as you wish. But we are at war and I am not the enemy.

There will consequences for you as well if you slay me.

No, sir! You must calm down, sir!

Let go of me!

Step aside! Let go of me!

Please calm down, sir. You cannot kill your own before the enemy!

Sir, please withdraw your sword.

Step aside!

No!

Step aside.

Sir, please...

Do you wish to die as well?

Sir, your subordinates are watching. Please don't do this.

Let me take a look. Are you all right?

How many are still alive?

I estimate several hundred, sir.

The tide will ebb soon.

If we should land, the fleet will be trapped in Okpo for the night.

We had a drawn-out battle.

There's a good chance that we were exposed it o the enemy in Ga-duk, sir.

There is a chance of a counterattack?

What's more, Koje is a mountainous territory with thickly-wooded hills.

If there should a hand-to-hand combat on land, we will suffer losses as well.

Still, I don't feel right about leaving those poor civilians behind.

We will not land. Raise the retreat signal.

Yes, sir.

Sir, it's the retreat signal.

This is getting better by the second!

Retreat and leave those hundreds of remaining enemy soldiers to live?

Attention! This battle is not over!

The Right Kyung-sang Navy will land! We will wipe out the remnants of the

enemy and take back Okpo! Advance!

Sir, the Right Kyung-sang fleet is once again ignoring the command signal.

I think they are going to land.

Nok-do battleship has joined them again, sir.

Constable Kwon, attach this ship to their command ship!

Sir...

Do it!

High Commander Yi, what is the meaning of this?

Did you not see the retreat signal?

I cannot follow your pathetic signals!

We cannot land.

We must clean up the remnants of the enemy and take back the base!

These are rugged mountains and thickly-wooded hills.

The enemy will have the advantage in close combat.

You're as cowardly as always.

More importantly, there is a chance of a counterattack if we drop our

anchors and land!

This battle isn't over until we wipe all of them out!

We cannot land. Turn the ship!

I can't do that! Cu of the rope!

Cut the rope at once!

Stop!

How dare you!

High Commander, why are you trying to stop us?

It's fitting that we should go after the remaining enemy.

Silence!

I will not risk losing the entire fleet to chase down a few remnants!

You worry too much! Do not block our path.

Silence! Think and obey the High Commander's order!

If you insist on fighting your own before the enemy, the Left Cholla

Navy has no choice but to regard the Right Kyung-sang Navy our enemy as well!

Captain Chung!

Call off your men, Captain Chung!

Our subordinates are watching for heaven sakes!

High Commander, withdraw your command.

Sir...

Put the weapons down!

We will retreat!

Why do you insist on walking the lonely path that no one else will walk?

It is to fight a victorious fight.

To fight a victorious fight...

You wouldn't be uttering empty words to the King.

Honor your word!

If you suffer one single defeat, I will indeed abolish the navy!

What's more, I will take your life and the lives of your men as well!

I will not commit the impiety of making Your Majesty take our lives.

As long as I'm alive, I will fight the enemy and win,

and if I must die, I will die on the battlefield as an enemy of the enemy.

In two days between the 7th and the 8th of May in 1592, Yi Soon-shin achieved

tremendous victories in Okpo, Hampo and Jokjinpo destroying total of 42

Japanese battleships and 7.000 Japanese soldiers.

This tremendous feat is attributed to series of decisive actions carried out

after careful study of the enemy,

strength and superiority of Chosun galleys and their crew

combined with advanced heavy artillery.

The news of Yi Soon-shin's naval victory in his first campaign against

the invasion force not only revived the spirit of Chosun's army which had been

completely demoralized by consecutive defeat but it also inspired men like

Kwok Jae-woo and Kim Myun to rise up and form guerilla bands.

Now, let us drink!

They have entered the capital city of Chosun!

I knew that Kato wouldn't let me down.

All is your virtue, Your Eminence.

But it is a shame that we do not have the head of the King.

He says he would leave that pleasure for me.

Kato, that lad, is something!

Let us drink!

What? General Dodo suffered a disastrous defeat?

How could this have happened?

We've lost roughly 7.000 soldiers.

But General Dodo is Japan's most prudent and meticulous general!

How could he have been defeated?

This means that the water ways are not secure.

Ryo, the Japanese invasion force has suffered no defeat!

We have won every single battle! Do you understand?

Yes, sir.

There you are, Jotai.

Where were you on a joyous day like this?

Forgive me, Your Eminence.

We were just discussing when I should go to Chosun.

Your Eminence...

What do you think?

I think June after the monsoon season would be a good time.

I don't believe it is a good idea, Your Eminence.

Not a good idea? A war has its course.

When you have seized momentum, an extra boost is necessary.

And nothing works better than the master's words of encouragement.

For Toyotomi Hideyoshi to lead his conquest in Chosun.

Goshomaru is yet to be completed. The Taiko of Great Japan cannot

cross the ocean in small Adake-bune. You must maintain your magnificence

If you sacrifice you dignity because you feel anxious, the soldiers may be

disheartened instead.

Perhaps...

I beg you to be patient and trust your men. They have yet to let you down.

Very well. I will take your advice.

The fleet is back. The soldiers are making a triumphant return!

The fleet is back! The soldiers are back!

Allow me to congratulate you on your safe and victorious return, sir!

High Commander...!

Mmm, it's so good! Everything tastes better when I'm eating with you, Mama!

Mama, we're back.

Sit with us.

You fellows are so lucky that the bullets missed you!

What are you talking about? Luck had nothing to do with it!

Impersonally thrashed over a thousand Japanese soldiers with my bear hands!

You're full of it.

I bet Jakbo got more enemy than any you.

You probably whipped a few with your loud mouth.

That's right.

I knew it. I bet if you fell overboard into the water,

you'd float up by those big lips of yours.

Mama!

I'm proud of you.

I know how heard you worked out there leading your cannon crew.

Oh, now you're embarrassing me...

Oh, you mean those men that you whipped with your loud mouth

today are not the enemy soldiers but our own men?

Mama!

Anyway, I'm so relieved to have you back.

It was so quiet and boring without your grumbling and whining.

Mama...

Eat up. You have to stay strong so you can go out there and fight again.

Food and water for the prisoners? You put you up to this?

What is the meaning of this?

Do you have food left to burn in this base?

It wouldn't satisfy me to cut their throats and you're feeding them?

Leave the facility.

I will not! I will take these bastards and behead them right now!

It is High Commander Yi's order to give them food and lodging.

If you have a problem, take it up with him.

High Commander.

I want Garrison Captain of Nok-do Chung Oon arrested immediately.

Yes, sir.

Please reconsider, sir.

Did you not hear my command?

I understand you ordered me under arrest. It is unheard of arrest a

warrior who just returned from risking his life on the battlefield!

What is your reason for humiliating me like this in front of my men?

You do not know the reason?

High Commander!

What are you waiting for? Tie him to the flogging rack!

I will deliver harshest punishment for his insubordination and reckless

actions!

Insubordination? My only crime is fighting bravely like a real warrior!

A real warrior does not look for a retreat path when he fights!

There is a difference between knowing no retreat on a battlefield and courting

disaster with reckless and impulsive actions! Don't you know that it is

harder to hold hack and fight as a team than it is to run out and fight alone?

What are you waiting for! Tie him to the rack!

Strike him!

Is that man in his right minds? He's giving food and shelter to

the enemy and flogging a warrior who risked his life!

This is unheard off!

Captain Chung defied High Commander Yi's order.

Yes, to obey High Commander Won.

By flogging Captain Chung, High Commander Yi means to show contempt

for the Right Kyung-sang Navy and High Commander Won!

Defying the high commanders orders on a battlefield is punishable by death.

Captain Han. Why do you continue to defend High Commander Yi?

I am talking about the military law, Captain Woo.

Look!

What is this yelling?

Sir?

Let Lt. Song and Commander Kim handle the artillery training for now.

Yes, sir.

And put Captain Chung in suspension until further instructions.

Is it wise? Captain Chun doesn't know how to bend.

If he won't bend, I will have to break him.

High Commander Yi!

Is it true that you flogged Captain Chung of Nok-do?

But the man you really wanted to flog was me. Wasn't it?