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Hurry! We don't have much time!

Quickly!

We must destroy the weapons and provisions

and evacuate as quickly as possible.

Quickly! Quickly!

Row faster! Increase speed! Annex Yi Soon-shin's headquarters!

Aye!

Increase speed!

Don't do this!

We received signal that the enemy has already crossed Kyunneryang.

We don't have a moment to waste!

Proceed to the port immediately!

The admiral is concerned about your safety. Survival comes first.

Everything is meaningless if we are dead! Don't you see?

Come, everyone!

The Japanese are coming! We must get out of here!

Admiral...!

Admiral...!

Report.

The base and the villages have been completely vacated.

And Yi Soon-shin is the one who evacuated them?

Yes, sir.

What a cold welcoming.

But it's a welcoming nonetheless, so we shall thank them.

How does it feel to see the Japanese flag in Chosun Navy Headquarters?

It feels like crap, you octopus head!

Be nice now.

Then maybe I'll make you a warrior of Japan!

Stop!

What are you waiting for? Strike, you bastard!

Cu off my head now, or give me that sword.

I'd rather kill myself than be made your servant!

I can't let you have it that easy. I'm taking you back to Japan.

Yi Soon-shin's own subordinate...

You will make a great gift to the Taiko.

I can't take this! I can't take this shame!

Father!

Han-su! My son!

What happened?

Did you...?

Stop this!

Let go! Let go of me!

Lt. Song!

Are you happy now?

You got the admiral removed from service, sunk the entire fleet,

killed nearly all of our men and handed over our base to the Japanese.

Are you happy?

Answer me. Answer me!

Admiral.

What did I tell you, Admiral?

We begged you not to hand over control of the headquarters

to that bastard Won Kyun!

Give him time? Trust hen and be patient with him?

Look what he's done!

He has completely destroyed this navy!

Say something... Say something...!

Is there anything that can be done?

Admiral...

Did you conspire to commit treason counting on the great military

strength you acquired?

Continue the torture!

Don't stop until he speaks the truth!

Your eyes, they look too weak to be called the eyes of a hero.

And I never thought you would be so thin under the armor.

We will do just as much damage to the enemy.

If we manage to cause the enemy just one more casualty than

the enemy can cause us, we would be victorious in this fight.

Sir...

Don't be angry.

I'm sure Lt. Song feels badly about what he did.

No, sir. He made me feel better actually.

Constable Woo...

I deserved every word he said and more.

We lost the entire fleet.

I have no excuse...

I would accept death as my punishment.

I deserve to die...

One life is worth more than the entire fleet.

I'm just thankful that you and the others survived.

Admiral...

Perhaps...

Perhaps we didn't lose the entire fleet.

Why did you stop? Continue.

Your Majesty, you have been drinking excessively!

Please consider your health.

Did you hear the King's command? Continue! Continue the music!

Your Majesty!

Since the tragic report from Chulchun-liang,

His Majesty has not been able to get a grip on himself.

It's been days since he attended office.

We must get him back to the assembly.

In all aspects, the navy was the strongest military force in Chosun.

But if the navy has fallen, the defense lines will quickly crumble.

We cannot afford a political paralysis in this crisis.

What happened to the Ming allies?

They've already been deployed to the south.

They were demanding a formal request from His Majesty in person,

and the Prime Minister finally got them to cooperate after pleading with them.

That's somewhat of a relief.

But the Ming army is only 3.000 strong.

We do not know how well they will fight against

the tens of thousands of Japanese.

Oh dear...

Perhaps we should prepare for the worst...

... and pack our bags once again to leave the city...

Don't even consider it.

if the sea routes are left wide open, it will take the

enemy no more than 5 days to reach the capital city.

And if the enemy can get here, they can get to Uiju or Haeju.

Am I wrong, Minister Yoon?

Prime Minister,

Won Kyun, Yi Aukki,

and all the other competent naval leader have died in battle.

Now there is only one man that can protect the sea.

I'm sure you know that better than I do.

Yi Soon-shin is a lucky man.

Tell him to redeem himself and restore his honor.

Let us give him a chance.

He would jump at the opportunity to atone for...

What is the meaning of this?

How could you?

How could you possibly utter his name with your filthy mouth!

Prime Minister...!

Do not utter his name again. This country has forsaken him!

We paid back his loyalty with cruelty!

Who took away his sword, destroyed his body and tortured his soul?

And now you want to bring him back? Unbelievable!

He would not... no, he could not... come back even if we begged him!

Let us go.

Yes, sir.

Admiral Yi...

I believe the way to destroy the enemy is within the enemy.

I shall study the enemy and look for a way to save this country.

Admiral Yi...

We will split up, to observe the enemy's movements and meet in Sugok.

Finding the 12 galleys that fled the battle before they fall into

the hands of the enemy is also our priority.

Sir, please send me to the southern sea.

I believe you are in charge of defending the capital city.

And you've been newly assigned.

I received word that the navy suffered a devastating defeat.

It seems the trace of the navy is barely observable.

Why do you wish to go?

We must rebuild the navy.

There are no ships and no sailors left. How can we rebuild the navy?

We have Admiral Yi.

From the very start,

nothing that the navy accomplished was thought to be possible.

But we always challenged the impossible and prevailed.

Yi Soon-shin is a plain clothed soldier.

Do you think he cares about the uniform he is wearing?

Please let me go, sir. I want to help.

Tell me how to save this country.

Speak.

Do what you're so good at.

Give me the straight-talk at the risk of your life.

Didn't you hear me?

You're the Prime Minister. Surely you have a plan.

Speak! Say something!

Speak. How can I save this country?

How can I avoid having to pack my bags again? How?

Talk to me!

You already know the answer to that question, Your Majesty.

Me? How?

The state affairs are administered by the ministers.

I am nothing but a straw man, so tell me! Tell me what to do!

You are the head of state and the master of Chosun.

How could your lowly servant know what you do not know?

Yi Soon-shin...

Yi Soon-shin! Yi Soon-shin!

Is he the only one? Is Yi Soon-shin our only hope?

Is that the name you wanted to hear from my mouth?

Prime Minister Yu Sung-ryong is repulsively intelligent.

He would not let me or any other ministers to mention

Yi Soon-shin's name, and it was to get His Majesty's concession.

Yi Soon-shin is a man His Majesty had accused of treason

and almost executed.

You can't blame Minister Yu for taking such precautions.

I agree. That's why I said he is smart.

In any case, I'm relieved.

In spite of everything, Yi Soon-shin is the only man among the warriors

of Chosun that could make any kind of noise with the Japanese.

We will have to see...

What is the meaning of this! Do you know who I am!

How dare you!

Oh, so it's you!

Where are the battleships?

And why do you want to know that for, Chum?

Chum? How dare you show such contempt! Do you wish to die?

Do you wish to die? I am your superior officer!

I'll be damned if I called a deserter my superior!

Deserter?

I made a painful decision in order to save my fleet!

You pathetic bastard!

Stop!

High Commander, where is the fleet?

The navy must be rebuilt with those remaining ships as the foundation.

All of us would like to help.

I have no desire to accept a traitor and his followers as my subordinate!

With the other warriors gone,

I, Bae Sul, am the hightest commander of the navy!

And whatever I do with my fleet is my business.

So you can stay out of it.

Out of my way!

Insolent bastards! Out of the way!

Sir, why did you let him go?

He is a deserter. He should have been executed right then.

I will see him again in a few days.

We cannot afford to lose another man.

I will convince him so that e can do his part as a commander of the navy.

Meanwhile, I need you for gather more information about the enemy.

Yes, sir.

Well then, brief us on what you have learned so far.

The Japanese are advancing west by land at frightening speed.

Kimhae and Yangsan has already fallen, and the ports along the coast,

Koje, Hansando and even Gosung has fallen into the enemy's hands.

Gosung is only a short distance from here.

There is no telling when they will strike here.

If this is true,

the Chosun forces must quickly organize our defense...

Who goes there!

Sir...!

You're all right.

Sir...

Bid your greetings. This is the Prime Minister.

Sir...

The Admiral?

He is inside.

Is he all right?

Soon-shin! Soon-shin! Wake up, Soon-shin!

What are you waiting for? Fetch a physician!

The whole town has evacuated. There are no physicians!

What?

Soon-shin, please wake up!

He passed a summer after being tortured without a chance to

property take care of his wounds...

Alcohol.

You're awake.

No, don't get up.

Minister Yu, what brings you all the way here?

I just... I just wanted to see how an old friend was doing.

Do you expect me to belie that?

The chief state minister visiting a sick friend when the country is at war?

Did His Majesty send you?

If His Majesty did not have you bring me poison,

perhaps I know why you're here.

Yes... But forget it.

I do not want this. I can't send you back out there.

Sending you back out into the battlefield is just too cruel.

I will tell His Majesty personally.

I will go back to the capital city.

No, I'd like to accept the royal decree.

Soon-shin...

Not yet... I don't want to give up hope just yet.

The navy is this country's only hope.

But how woeful it is that the navies of the three provinces

have been lost by a single strike of the enemy's evil sword!

It was my lack of foresight that led me to dismiss you from office

thereby causing this tragic defeat.

There are no words to justify my oversight...

I now reappoint you as Supreme Naval Commander of the Three

Province Navy and concurrently High Commander of Left Cholla Navy,

and I call upon you to save this country Chosun.

I deeply regret not being able to help when you need me most...

You have your own duties.

I hope to have an opportunity to serve you again, Admiral.

Commander Bae, now would you tell us where the fleet is hidden?

Speak! Didn't you hear the Admiral's order?

Hweryung-po, sir.

Hweryung-po?

So that's why we couldn't find it. You traveled pretty far.

Sir, I will find a fishing boat for us right away.

It should take us about two days to Hweryung-po from here.

That will be unnecessary.

Sir...

We will go to Hweryung-po by land.

But the quicker we find the fleet...

There is something else that we must acquire first.

Husband...

Cold hearted fellow... I haven't heard a word from you.

You are back in your uniform, sir.

High Commander of Choong- chung Navy, sir?

I respectfully decline, sir.

High Commander Kwon,

I don't want this. I will not wear a soldier's uniform again.

If it were possible, I would take the uniform from you as well.

My man...

The navy has been destroyed.

You only have 12 galleys left

and the surviving soldiers have scattered in fear.

What can we possibly do?

You've kept your ears open.

All you have are 12 galleys.

Let us be glad that not all of them have been destroyed.

The enemy has one thousand, no, closer to two thousand battleships.

That is why we need you.

You are the only one who can start over with me

with the 12 ships that we have.

I don't want to. And I urge you not to start as well.

His Majesty set a trap for you. Don't you see?

High Commander Kwon...

You are damned if you do and damned if you don't.

If you rebuild the navy and prevail against the enemy,

His Majesty's jealousy will become even worse.

And this time, your uniform is not the only thing he will take.

He will take your life.

And if you fail to defeat the Japanese navy with your pathetic

fleet of 12 ships and end up handing over the sea route along

the west coast, His Majesty will blame you for defeat of the war.

Why would you walk into this trap?

I don't feel any differently than you do.

I, too, could not control my anger when I learned that the fleet was lost.

It was the first time I felt greater enmity

for someone else other than the enemy.

Then why, Admiral?

But this country Chosun is still ours.

And its people, shaking in fear across the country,

still want to live on this land as the people of Chosun.

They desperately need us to protect them from the enemy.

Could you betray their trust?

Admiral...

What? Yi Soon-shin is back in his uniform?

And his men are flocking back around him?

A leader of a navy that does not have a single battleship!

I can't help feeling sorry for him.

Perhaps we should stop our advance on land and make a

clean sweep across the southern coast by sea.

He may have lost his fleet,

but it would be unwise to underestimate Yi Soon-shm.

That is all the more reason to advance by land.

We must capture every naval base we can.

Wouldn't it be interesting to see Yi Soon-shin rebuilding

his navy floating at sea without a base?

Why bother waiting that long?

Yi Soon-shin is traveling by land as well.

Just track him down and kill him.

The ships and sailors of the Chosun Navy perishes at sea, and

its great leader dies on land...

It's rather romantic, don't you think?

I kind of like that idea. What, do you think, Wakizaka?

Are you the newly appointed Supreme Naval Commander, sir?

That's right.

I am the new Commander of Right Cholla Navy Kim Ok-chu, sir!

Commander of Mijo Kim Ung-ham, sir!

Magistrate of Koje Ahn Wi, sir!

The army Commander and his men fled the city at the

report of the Japanese advance leaving their weapons behind.

Hasten the troops.

We must leave Posung before sundown to divert the enemy.

The navy can't fight with arrows and swords alone.

You need cannons and gun powder. Right, Admiral?

Yes, Admiral. It's the cannon crew leader Chung Dae-man, sir.

Please forgive me for not being able to salute you properly.

Dae-man! Dae-man!

Dae-man, your legs!

Oh, it's nothing. I'm fine, really.

Oh, you poor kid...

You don't need legs to lead the cannon crew.

Right, Lieutenant?

If not, I can make gunpowder. Please accept me, Admiral.

I want to pay the Japanese back for what they did to Sang-nam,

Jakbo, and my dear comrades.

Would you have me, Admiral?

Yi Soon-shin that sneaky bastard!

He took every grain of rice with him!

Go after them! They couldn't have gone far!

Today, we, the Chosun Navy, are reborn together with 12 warships.

From this moment forward, defeat is not ours.

Shed the faces of defeated and gaze at the seas of

Chosun with eyes of winners.

Wars cannot be won with strong vessels alone.

Superior weapons do not guarantee victory.

The hope only lies with each man that fights the battle.

So remember your burning determination of this day,

for it is the strongest weapon that will save this country.

Win, win, and win again!

And save this country Chosun with your own hands!