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How dare you set your
filthy feet into this camp!

Admiral, the warriors of Japan
have great admiration for you.

They do not wish to hurt you.

All that they want is
fer you to surrender.

They will guarantee your safety

and the safety of your men if
you surrender.

And if you wish, they are willing
to accept you as a warrior of Japan.

Silence!

Tell your leader that I was
deeply moved by his kindness.

Indeed you are unlike the rest.

You astuteness in
judging a situation is...

You may also tell him that

he need not worry about the
safety of the Chosun Navy.

It is the safety of the Japanese
Navy that he should worry about.

You'd fight the great Japanese
Navy with only 12 ships?

You can't possibly win.

I will reply to your
remark on the battlefield.

A graveyard?

Yi Soon-shin said he would make
the seas of Chosun

a graveyard for the
Japanese Navy?

Such reckless courage!

Destroy the Japanese
Navy with 12 ships?

That seems to be his plan.

I guess losing this precious
fleet sent him over the edge.

Don't you think, General Kato?

I guess so.

This is more reckless
than that idiot Won Kyun.

Maybe he took a blow to the
head when he was tortured.

But I feel rather uneasy.

Men do not change overnight.

And YiSoon-shin is the most

cautious and meticulous military
leader in Chosun.

He must have a hidden
card of some kind to...

What hidden card?
He has nothing.

No troops, no warships,
he is but a straw man.

It would not hurt
us to be cautious.

I think we should take
care of Yi Soon-shin first.

I agree.

The navy should return to
Pusan about now

and clean up the rest
of the Chosun Navy.

What's wrong with you?

You want to move the fleet
because

you're startled by a rat that's
screaming in his trap?

What would that do to
our reputation?

Yi Soon-shin is bluffing to
keep up the morale in his camp.

Isn't that why we sent Yoshira
into their camp in the first place?

To completely crush their will to
fight and avoid wasting our energy?

Yes, but...

Yi Soon-shin has lost his fleet,

so he is probably all fired up
to get revenge.

But he cannot fight
this war alone.

If the soldiers do not have the
will to fight, there is no battle.

If you don't believe me,
check for yourself.

I bet the Chosunese Naval Base is
in chaos and disarray right now

with men who are scared to death.

Be gentle now!
Be gentle!

Goodness!

How could you scratch me with your
nails like a wench in the bedroom?

What? I did no such thing!

You boys are so weak!

How are you ever going to get
hitched if you're so weak?

I think Lt. Song's talk about
the wench in the bedroom

made their legs turn to jelly!

My legs are jelly too!

Is the Supreme Commander
in his right mind?

I just can't understand this.

Neither can I.

I am appalled as it is with his
preposterous talk about going after

the Japanese, but now he's turned
a military camp into a playground!

If the leader loses his poise,
his soldiers lose their morale.

The defeat Chilchun-liang
has demoralized our troops.

And the Japanese messenger's
visit could worsen their fears.

On top of that, over half
of the recruits are new.

From the artillery crew
to the oarsmen,

everything in the navy
requires teamwork.

It is necessary to create an
environment for the soldiers

to become comfortable
with each other.

So you may return to your
posts and be with your men.

High Commander, is the admiral
really intent on

fighting the enemy with
fleet of 12 galleys?

Soldiers are supposed
to fight the enemy.

Sir!

Did you investigate
the enemy's movements?

Most of the naval leaders are at the
Left Cholla Naval Station in Yosu.

And the enemy fleet?

All of their ships are still
anchored in the Pusan area.

That means that their military
power is concentrated on land.

That appears to be true, sir.

And the progress of the war?

Nam-won has fallen because
Ming general Wang Won

abandoned the fort and
fled the city.

That means that the defense line
in Cholla has completely fallen!

Junju is the only fort left...

If the Ming allies have fled,

can General Kwon Yul's
army hold the fort alone?

All that's left for us to
do now is to capture Junju.

That's right, General Wakizaka.

Hurray! Hurray!
It's a bulls-eye!

Wine!

Hurray! Hurray!
It's a bulls-eye!

It's such a shame...

Even you wenches know
better than to fight us.

Why is Yi Soon-shin
being so stubborn?

He isn't even as
smart as you are.

I don't understand.

Why does Yi Soon-shin
bother you so much?

General...

You're not afraid of him

like those cowards Konishi
and Dodo, are you?

That's not why you sent Yohira

to Yi Soon-shin's camp to have
him check it out, is it?

Of course not.

His Eminence wants Yi Soon-shin
alive, so I was just looking for

a way to acquire my war trophy
as effortlessly as I can.

There's no need to
hurry, General Wakizaka.

We will take Junju Fort first,
continue our advance

and blow his naval base away!

We need a new base.

The defense lines are
crumbling everywhere on land.

And since Oran is accessible by land,
we are vulnerable to enemy attack.

But...

What we need is another natural
fortress like Kyunneryang.

I don't believe in miracles.

It's impossible to stop a fleet

of over a thousand ships with
a fleet of twelve.

The only way we to compensate
for our numerical disadvantage

by maximizing the
geographical advantages.

If only Won Kyun hadn't been so
stupid, our fleet would still be

strong and the Commandant Kim Wan
would still be alive to guide us!

This is unlike you.

If you dwell on the past,
you can't see what's ahead.

It doesn't make a difference
even if you look straight ahead.

Everything is just dark!

More than half of the officers

don't want to be here or have
no experience at sea,

and most of the crew members
are untrained raw recruits.

That's not all. We are poorly
equipped and low on provisions.

High Commander Kwon...

On top of that, the comrades
that used to share

all these important tasks
are gone.

I'm not sure now much longer
I can fake patience with the

officers and put up a
calm front for my men.

Do we really have a chance?
Is there really hope, Admiral?

Admiral, I think we
have to call it a day.

According to 5 fisherman that
came on board with us, we can't

enter the channel after 1:00 when
the tide starts to ebb because

of the powerful springtide.

He says if we get caught in
the whirlpool,

the ship could be destroyed.

Do you mean that entering the
channel becomes impossible

because of the swift current?

Yes, sir.

Are you the one who said we
cannot pass through the channel?

Yes, sir.

The current may be swift
but this is a warship.

No, Admiral. We'd be in big
trouble if we enter the channel.

I've lived in these parts
for over 60 years, and I've

seen countless warships get
trapped in that swirling torrent.

The current is so strong and it
makes such a loud noise that they

call this channel the Uldolmok.

Uldolmok?

It means the Roaring Channel.

The Roaring Channel...

So it's just matter of time
before Cholla Province is ours...

Yes, Your Eminence.

My men are doing well in Chosun.

They have sent me lots of gifts.
Haven't they, Ieyasu?

Yes, they have, Your Eminence.

Jotai...

Yes, Your Eminence.

Take these gifts and divide
them among my retainers.

This is positive proof that
Chosun will soon belong to Japan.

Don't you agree?

Of course, Your Eminence.

Show them to the people as well.

Let them see how helplessly Chosun
is crumbling before our swords.

And they will feel as proud
as I am of the warriors who are

fighting for Japan in Chosun.

Don't you agree, Ieyasu?

Of course, Your Eminence.

I will go to Junju. And I
will fight to the death there.

Then what?
What will happen next?

Over a 100.000 Japanese troops
have marched to Cholla.

You wish to engage in
a frontal assault!

with an army less than
one tenth of their size?

This is unlike you.
Think calmly.

If we can't save Cholla Province,
we have to think seriously about

how we're going to protect
the capital city.

August 1597, the year of Jung-yu,
the scene of war was truly grim.

After crushing the Three
Provinces Navy led by Won Kyun

in Chilchundo and
Choonwon-po on July 16,

the Japanese forces immediately
divded their force into

left and right division and
advanced west

launching their campaign
to capture Cholla.

Right division led by Kiyomasa
and others captured Yangsah,

Mityang and Hapchun and
made their way toward Namwon,

and the Left division led by
Konishi Yukinaga,

Wakizaka Yasuharu and others
also headed west to Namwon

by way of Gosung,
Sachun and Kurae.

By August 16, Namwon was
in their hands,

and the gates of Junju Fort
were before them.

I cannot comply.

Look, Supreme Commander, Junju
is on the verge of being captured!

It is regrettable, but I cannot
reorganize the navy into an army.

If Cholla falls, Choong-chung
is next, then the capital city.

But we have less than one
tenth the enemy's strength.

One thousand sailors on land
will not turn this war around.

I don't expect them to
turn this war around.

If we have to give up Junju,

we can at least seal the path
to Choong-chung and fight.

Cutting off the enemy's sea
route west is more important.

You know that as well as I do.

Do you really think
that's possible?

You're going to fight a fleet
of 1.000 ships with 12 ships?

Do you have any idea how
reckless that sounds?

You're being even more reckless
and irrational than Won Kyun.

A fleet of 100 could not
stop the Japanese Navy.

Stop being reckless.
Let us pool our resources together.

This is no time to speculate
whether or not it is possible.

We cannot let the enemy
take control of the sea,

and that means we have to make
it possible no matter what.

I do not believe
what I am hearing.

Are these words coming
from Admiral Yi Soon-shin?

Has honor and reputation become
more important to you

than the safety of your
men as well?

The royal court took your fleet from
you and pulled you out from the front.

And as a result, the navy suffered
a terrible defeat

and the royal court
called you back.

Are you trying to show them?
What do you trying to prove?

I'm back... I can do what no
one can... I am not Won Kyun...

General!

Your rage has turned to reckless valor
and finally stained your pure heart.

What is to become off your
men if you lose your way?

Are you trying to get what's left
of the navy completely destroyed?

All I can do is ask for
your trust and patience.

No, I can't give you that.

The navy has already been
destroyed.

I can't risk losing anymore men

because of a leader
who has lost his way.

General...

I will stop you.

I will do whatever I must
to stop you from doing this!

The Supreme Commander
has gone mad!

Is he really intent on fighting
the enemy right now

with only twelve ships?

Not twelve, thirteen.

We have to count the new Right
Commander's ship as well.

It doesn't make a difference.

We're up against a fleet
of over one thousand.

Twelve, thirteen,
it's all the same.

I know. We're going to
fight to the death anyway.

Constable Woo, this
is a serious matter.

What do you suggest
do if we don't fight?

What else can we do
but fight to the death?

If I recall, the late
Supreme Commander Won Kyun

made similar remarks.

Sir...

Didn't you learn anything
from the last battle?

Are we adults or
are we children?

What?

We don't have a chance in this
battle, so practice restraint!

Sir!

I agree with High Commander Bae.
This is an impossible battle.

Be quiet.
What do you know?

You're a greenhorn who has been
in the navy for less than a year.

I know that 1.000 to 12 is
almost 100 to 1.

And even a child knows that
one an doesn't stand a chance

against a hundred men.

That may be true, but we cannot
show our backs to the enemy.

Some things are
just not possible.

You can't win a war
with ambition alone.

I told you to be quiet!
How dare you talk back!

I am a naval officer as
well, Constable Woo!

Not all naval
officers are equal!

You're out of line.

What?

Stop!
What are you doing?

What do we have to gain by fighting
each other with the enemy before us?

It is the admiral who
has done this to us.

Tell him to come up
with a realistic plan.

We don't need another
zealous admiral

sending his own men to death
with an impossible mission!

Go to the capital city and
deliver this letter to

Minister of Military
as quickly as possible.

Yes, sir.

Isn't it amazing, sir?

We couldn't even approach the
channel during ebb tide, but now

we are just gliding through
it without a stroke of an oar!

Myong-ryang, where two opposing
tides collide and form a whirlpool

that has been turning
for thousands of years...

A fleet that rides the favorable current
will not be on a favorable current,

and when the time comes
the tide will turn sending them

backward into a pile of wreckage.

So this place is a lion's
den for both me and my enemy.

Do I have the right to push my men
into this torrential current

and ask them to give up
their lives?

Did you personally go
on patrol again, sir?

It looks like you didn't
get any sleep last night.

Are the officers still
quite disgruntled?

They are just as upset as
the Field Marshal Kwon Yul.

How about you?

Do you wish to avoid it?

May I speak frankly?

If we can't win either way,

I'd rather make the choice
that puts less burden on you.

Whether we win or lose, if we
fight as an army,

General Kwon would be
held responsible.

What if I said we can win?

Admiral...

Fight the enemy at Uldolmok?

So tomorrow, we will move our
camp to Byokpajin

and begin preparing for battle.

Uldolmok is a channel that the
enemy must pass

to go from the South Sea
to the Yellow Sea.

It is a narrow channel only
wide enough for

three Japanese vessels to
pass at a time, so...

But I heard that the current
is extremely rough and that

the current changes directions
several times a day.

Our ships could be destroyed

if we get caught in the torrential
current the wrong way, Admiral.

I know.

Admiral...

The enemy will study the waters
before they proceed west.

Yes.

And they will choose the most
favorable time to cross it.

Of course.

That means we will have to
fight the current as well.

All we have to do is to hold
them back for two hours

until the tide shift.
Then...

Then we have a chance to beat them.
Is that what you're saying, sir?

Beat them?
Stop dreaming!

Admiral, you must stop
coaxing your men

with these delusional
fantasies!

Two hours, Admiral?

Do we really have a chance if could
just hold them back for two hours?

Then let's give it a shot.

Are you insane? We have to
fight against the current!

The swift current can
easily capsize our ships!

Practice, that's why
we need to practice.

Right?

That's right. I'll take
care of the oarsmen training.

The enemy will rush
toward us like waves,

so will have to work on reducing
the artillery loading time.

Constable Yi, the enemy
has over a thousand ships!

That's right.

They will attempt to
board our ships as well.

Constable Yi, we have to start the
men on close combat training as well.

Of course.

Judging from what we know, the
enemy will come out to sea

before the full moon of
next month.

Do you think that's enough time
to train these new recruits and

put them out in front of
the killing machines?

Just hold them back?

Do we really have a chance if we
could just hold them back, sir?

I have faith in you, in our
soldiers and in the Chosun Navy.

That's all I need to hear, sir.

We have never lost a battle
fighting under your command, sir.

Am I right?

Then let us move the camp
to Byokpajin at once.

Disband the navy and
incorporate them into the army?

Yes, Your Majesty.

I regret to inform you that the
defense lines in Kyung-sang and

Cholla provinces are helplessly
crumbling.

The situation is such
that we do not know when

the capital city will come
under attack...

Isn't that all the more reason why
the navy must protect the ocean?

They can cut off the enemy's
supply line and

slow down their
northward advance.

But Your Highness,
the navy has been

reduced to twelve ships and
one thousand soldiers.

We cannot expect them to stop

the Japanese fleet of over one
thousand ships.

Your Majesty, I urge you to

gather the scattered military
powers into one.

Make Yi Soon-shin an army general
and have him stop the enemy on land.

Yes, Your Majesty. If Cholla
and Kyung-sang has fallen, the

Japanese will enter the capital
city within the next ten days.

Unless countermeasures
are taken immediately...

It will take them less than ten
days if the sea routes are open.

Your Majesty, I urge you to have
Yi Soon-shin fight the enemy at sea.

Minister Yi!

I agree.

Yi Soon-shin is a meticulous
and cautious tactician.

If he thought that he did not have
a chance against the enemy at sea,

he would have stated
his opinion well in advance.

Yi Soon-shin may be a gifted man,
but this is beyond his control.

But Your Majesty...

Order the navy disbanded.

Twelve cannot stop one thousand.

I'm sure Yi Soon-shin will not
disagree with me this time.

We will carry out your
order, Your Majesty.

Navy should not be
disbanded in haste.

But His Majesty is
firm on his decision...

Where is the Prime Minister?

Why won't he attend
office in this situation?

He has gone to Kyunggi personalty

to inspect the fortress and
assemble an army.

Summon him back immediately.

If we make a mistake, the enemy
will enter the city through Mapo.

And if that happens, all defense
strategies will be useless.

Disband the navy?

It's the Field Marshal's decision?

Yes, sir.

Then there is
nothing we can do.

Nothing we can do?

You mean you'd let
the navy be dissolved?

If we fail to seal off the sea route,

the enemy will proceed
directly to the capital.

Then the royal carnage will be
in danger and the ground forces

defending the land routes will
be attacked from both sides.

You are the last person I expected
to support this foolish decision, sir.

After all, you are the one who
trusted Admiral Yi

and hand delivered the
royal decree.

The situation has changed.

Sir...

We needed the ground forces to
keep the Japanese on land in check

order for Yi Soon-shin to take
a stab at defeating them at sea.

And I prayed that they would
come through for that to happen.

But Ming allies fled the battle,
and the same time

the defense lines in Kyung-sang
and Cholla have crumbled.

Now the Japanese will send at
least 50.000 soldiers

to the north through the sea route.

Do you think it is possible to
stop them with 12 battleships?

Knees apart!
Find your bearings!

Balance!

Balance!
Tighten you stomach?

This is insane.
The hell with this!

Cannon's ready!

Gun powder!

You must insert the
right amount every time!

Wood piece!

No, that's the wrong size!
That's it!

Good, good.
Now projectile!

Balance!

That's it, that's it!

Excellent!
Wood piece!

Prepare for discharge?

Excellent! Again!

Row, darn it!
Row!

Admiral...

Is this really the will
of the King and the court?

Yes. And the Prime
Minister did not oppose.

Break camp and report to the Field
Marshal with your men in three days.

I'm sure I don't have to worry,

but I hope you wouldn't create
trouble again at the front and

the royal court by making
another rash decision.

I trust and respect you as much as

my father-in-law and
the Prime Minister.

Your wounds of dismissal and
the inquiry have yet to heal.

If you insist on being unreasonable

by expressing opinion that
contradicts the King's decision,

not only will you be
risking your life,

but the loyalty of your
men will be questioned as well.

I'm sure you don't want that.

I swear His Majesty
never gets tired...

Why does he have to put a damper
on everything that we try to do?

How dare you show such
contempt for the King!

Commander...

You've been badly influenced by

a superior officer who has made
a career out of defying the King!

What did you say?

Constable Yi!

High commander Kwon, let
me make myself clear.

We are His Majesty's
faithful servants.

If Admiral Yi can't shake his habit
and tries to defy the King again,

I will not acknowledge
him as my superior officer.

Is that clear?

How did it go, Lieutenant?
What is the admiral going to do?

Is he really going
to disband the navy?

I guess so...

We can't put him in
a cage cart again.

The King is right about this.

We can't win this battle in
a million years. Am I wrong?

You stupid idiots!
Shut your traps!

Did Admiral Yi Soon-shin agree
to abide by the King's decision?

I'm certain he will
after what happened last time.

I hope he understands that I
made this decision

purely out of sincere patriotism...

Yi Soon-shin is wrong this time
no matter how you look at this.

He is a prudent man, so I'm sure
he will come to the same conclusion.

Uldolmok is our last
line of defense.

If we let them cross it,
Chosun will crumble.

So I stand firm on my belief
that the navy must fight.

But...

But I do not think this is a
decision I can make alone

or by deliberating with the officers.

I'd like to hear what the soldiers
want since they are the ones who

will be risking their lives to
fight a battle that the King

and his court and even most
of their commanding officers

believe is an impossible battle.

Do you think that the soldiers
will support the admiral?

They've been training day and night
with no improvement what so ever.

No one will support him
unless they're crazy.

But what if he inspires them with
his absurd guarantee of victory?

They've been fooled once and
they won't be fooled again.

Half of them are survivors of Pusan

who were duped by Won Kyun's
false assurances.

It won't happen. The soldiers
will never support him.

The Chosun Navy
will be defeated.

All of us will die and we will
be buried here in Myongryang.

That is what the
enemy believes.

And that is also
what most us believe.

In the past six years, I have taken
my men into countless battles

and not once been defeated.

It is because I have led my men

into a battle in which victory
is not guaranteed.

But this time nothing is certain.

We are ill-equipped to fight against
an enemy a many times our size,

and taking into account that we
might be the ones who have to

fight against the powerful current
of Uldolmok, the sea will stand in

our path as another enemy
fiercer than the Japanese.

Despite these adverse conditions,

I still hope to fight this
battle together with all of you.

Victory is not guaranteed.

I will not tell you that we'll walk away
from this battle without casualties.

The only promise I can make is

that I will be the advance guard
that protects the foremost front.

The command ship will charge
toward the enemy at the front,

and I will not give ground
until the enemy is defeated.

He who seeks death shall live,
and he who seeks life shall die.

Those willing to trade your life to
protect your country, follow me!

I still have twelve warships.

For as long as I am alive, the
enemy will not dare covet this sea.