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We're at the last phase
of the construction.

Wow, it looks even more
impressive than the model!

Yes, look at
those menacing eyes!

They look like they can
pierce right through you!

I'm getting chills
down my spine.

Good work, Lt. Na. I know how
hard you have been working.

Thank you, sir.

I'm just trying to do my job.

It looks quite different from the
model, especially the neck area.

Yes. I've discussed that issue with
the High Commander many times.

The dragon head is looking up on the model,
which makes it look more intimidating.

But given that the
Turtle Ship is an assault vessel,

we decided that function is
more important than the form.

Important?!

We are going to install
a cannon on the head.

Yes! That will make it
a real assault vessel!

We need to fire upon them straight
from the front as we advance toward

the enemy to really overawe them.

That's right, sir.

When will it be ready?
Why is it taking so long?

We must quickly install the guns
and start the field training.

Don't worry, sir. The iron plates are
being forged at the foundry right now.

It will be ready in no time.

Would you like to
take a look inside?

The Turtle Ship is a covered
galley so it has three decks.

Like the galleys, the lowest deck
is for ammunition and supplies,

the middle deck is for oarsmen, and the
upper deck is for sailors and cannons.

Are you certain that there won't
be a problem with the balance?

The top will become heavy once
the iron plates are in place.

If we keep the height identical to
the galleys, it won't be very stable.

How about getting rid
of the upper deck?

That would increase the
stability tremendously.

It's worth a consideration.

If the ship is unstable, chances are
it will not perform to its potential.

It's not too late
to modify the ship.

But that means the oarsmen and the
gunners would be on the same deck.

I'm sure you know how much
space oarsmen require.

Oarsmen would have to rest when
the cannons are being fired.

Yes, sir. But we could lose the
entire ship if the force of

restoration is lost.

This is a bigger problem, sir.

The cannons that are being mounted
at the front can be utilized while the

ship is advancing, and the rest of
the gunners can take position once

the ship is stopped
and battle begins.

Your point is valid, but placing
both the gunners and the oarsmen

in the same space, will undermine
their effectiveness considerably.

Yes, but...

I'd really like to keep the
gunners and oarsmen separated.

Yes. I agree with
the high commander.

But since it is none other than
the shipyard director's suggestion,

take a closer look one last time
before you start joining the iron

plates and get back to me.

Yes, sir.

Wow! I can hardly
recognize you, Father!

You look like a new
groom in that uniform!

Watch what you say
to an old man, now.

Are you happy?

I've never seen you look
so nervous and excited.

Magistrate, advance to the
Left Cholla Naval Station?

Push! Pull!
Push! Pull!

Halt! Stop the ship?

Turn the ship around.

Yes, sir!

Raise the black flag!
Turn the ship around!

Right oars forward!
Left oars backward!

Use battle formations
on sea battles, sir?

Navigation and maneuvering
training is making good process.

It is not impossible.

Constable Kwon, using formations
is difficult enough on land.

Yes, but it must be done. The enemy
cannot be defeated with a scattered

fleet that cannot be controlled.

The art of war dictates that
formation must be maintained in

the most perilous of situations and
there must be order even in retreat.

I agree. We must engage in formations
to maximize our resources.

Artillery attacks are more
effective in formations as well.

Isn't that correct, Captain Chung?

You have a point, but...

It won't be easy, but I
think that's the way to go.

How can we send signals to each ships
if we are scattered all over the vast sea?

It'll be impossible
to communicate.

High Commander, he is here.

Welcome.

High Commander...

These are the warriors you
will be working with.

I am the newly appointed Magistrate
of Kwang-yang Uh Young-dam.

Alias "Living Map of the Ocean."!

We were just discussing
battle formations.

We will start our training in an
inland sea first, but eventually

we need to find suitable location
for combat and conduct simulation drills.

Would you share
your knowledge with us?

I will do everything I can, sir.

Speed and mobility is
the key in land battles!

Move in quickly and use your bow and
arrows to crush the enemy's spirit.

What's this?
What do they think this is?

Bring that fool to me at once!

Welcome?

You haven't changed a bit!

Your men are in for some tough time
with a stem commander like you.

General...

It's been a while,
High Commander Won

Have you fared well?

I heard that you've become
special military inspectors.

His Majesty expects
a lot from you.

Yes. That is why I'm working hard day
and night to build a strong cavalry.

Yes, a cavalry...

The legend of 1583 will be repeated
here in Kyung-sang once more!

A strong cavalry will prove to be
the best weapon against the Japanese.

The Japanese are small framed and
their horses are inferior,

so a strong cavalry will be most
effective against them.

Right Kyung-sang Navy, the advance
guards of the Japan Conquest!

You have a lot on your shoulders.

I believe High Commander Won is the
best of the best warriors in Chosun!

And I don't doubt for a moment that
his navy will become the strongest

military force
in all of Chosun.

Do your very best.

With all of you at the lead, the
entire military force of Chosun

Including General Yi and
myself, will back you up.

Yes, sir!

By the way, Commander Won.

Yes.

I understand former garrison captain
of Chosan Fort Yi Soon-shin has

become the High Commander of
Left Cholla Naval Station!

Yes, he has.

How is he? Is he cooperating with
you and preparing for the conquest?

Go into formations!

Go into formations!

A fleet to fleet artillery battle?

Stop the enemy at sea if they attack?

He is only interested in defense
because he is afraid of the enemy.

We can't initiate aggression
and defeat them, he says.

That pathetic coward!

How can we conquer the Japanese
with such feeble attitude?

Conquer Japan? Yi Soon-shin
wouldn't even dream of it.

He calls it a reckless idea and
refuses to obey it even if it is

the King's command.

A reckless idea? Refuses
to obey the King's command?

How dare he! He dare
refuses the King's command?

I will not tolerate his
appalling arrogance!

I trust that you checked
out the battleships?

Did you witness any of them
training at sea with cannons?

Military training was indeed in
progress, but none were at sea.

Did you check all 8 garrisons and 16
ports of the Right Kyung-sang Navy?

Of course.

Now we will wait for the report
from Left Kyung-sang Navy.

I submit to you the results of
our investigation, Your Eminence.

Left Kyung-sang Navy Commander
is a man named Park Hong.

Every time he was assigned to the
front, he declined citing physical

malady as the reason?

Is this true?

Yes, Master.

They assigned a man who lacks the
most basic traits of a warrior

to command the most important naval
station in the southern coast?

That's correct.

General Konishi, I am told that Won
Kyun of Right Kyung-sang Navy is a

true warrior.

Tell us about him.

He is an illustrious warrior who had
unleashed his fury on the northern front.

Along with Shin Lip and Yi Il
he is skilled only in land battles.

One is not even fit to be called
a warrior and the other is at the

wrong place of duty?

Exactly.

Then I suppose it is safe to assume
that they are not operating a fleet

or conducting artillery training at sea.

Am I correct, Lord So?

Yes, General Wakizaka.

They maintain structure of a navy,
but they are a disorderly mob...

Dodo.

Yes, Your Eminence!

I think your fears were unfounded.

Chosun Navy is not to be feared.

Hurry up and eat your lunch.
And we'll reconvene at the docks.

We need to complete another
reverse turn practice today.

But we've been out since before dawn!
Do we have to do this again?

Yes. By 13:00 hours, I want
you back by 13:00 hours!

This is too much!
I'm exhausted!

Young-gap, it's 13:00 hours.
Get your men ready by 13:00 hours!

Yes, sir...

We're back, sir.

Good work.

That's half an hour
faster than yesterday.

They're improving daily, sir

We owe this to you, Magistrate Uh.

Don't mention it, sir.

All I did was to calculate the
best hour to launch based on the

ebb and flow.

If you're traveling southwest,
it's best to launch before the

first crow at this
time of the month.

I guess our problem will begin
once we are at battle location.

Skill and strength of our oarsmen
will decide how quickly we can

spread out and get
into battle formations.

What? You refuse to work as
oarsmen? Is that what you said?

Sir...

Do you think this is a game?
Oarsmen, archers, gunners,

we are all placed in different
divisions for a reason.

You don't get to pick and
choose where you want to be.

Look at my hands! I can't do
it anymore even if I wanted to!

I can't hold oars
with these hands!

Me too! My hands are torn
and tattered like old rags!

Let me see those hands.

What are you doing
grabbing a man's hands?

This looks pretty serious. Without
treatment, you might lose your hands.

What?

Hands?

Look at that. Look how gently
she is holding his hands.

She's gentling rubbing them too!

I can't watch this any longer!

You're done.

What are you staring at?
You're done!

It's my turn! My hands are
blistered and bloody too!

Get in line!
Get in line, I said!

Isn't that your daughter,
Magistrate Uh?

Yes.

Jin, what have you
started this time?

It appears your daughter has
practiced the art of healing.

My father often worked as a guide
for physicians seeking rare medicinal herbs.

Among them was a very famous physician
who stayed with us for five years.

He took me in as his disciple and
taught him about the art of healing.

Would you allow me to servers a
military physician on this base?

A military physician?

I don't think there is a trained
physician here, and it would like

to help.

Yes! Yes!
She gets my vote!

Are you certain?
It will be hard work.

Don't worry.
I'm very strong and healthy.

Very well, then.
Welcome aboard.

Out of all the recruits on this base,
the oarsmen are doing the

most arduous work lately.

They are pushed very hard because
what they do is extremely important.

Please take good care of them
so that their wounds don't get

infected and cause
permanent injury.

Sir...

It's a message from the
Right Kyung-sang Naval Base.

Special military inspectors Shin Lip
and Yi Il have called a general

meeting of the high commanders
in Cholla and Kyung-sang.

Cholla and Kyung-sang
high commanders meeting...

This is your chance, sir.

Your chance to assert the
importance of forming a fleet

and establishing a strong alliance
between the naval forces of three

lower provinces.

That's the only way we can protect
the seas of Chosun from the Japanese.

Bring our forces together
and fight on the ocean?

Yes. Each naval station currently has
its battleships spread out in groups

of two or three along
the coast by substations.

If the enemy should attack all at
once, we cannot effectively repel them.

And we need to establish a
system in which the four naval

stations of Cholla and Kyung-sang
can form a fleet alliance.

Wow, a fleet alliance even!

And who will command
this fleet alliance?

You're not thinking
of yourself, are you?

High Commander Yi, your proposal
is completely unrealistic!

In fact, it's outrageous!

General...

Japan is an island. That
means they grew up on water.

They are better at sea battles
than they are at land battles.

That's all the more reason why
we have to fight together.

The Japanese warriors are...

Are you going to start that
close-combat nonsense again?

How good could they possibly be
with their swords when they are

so short and small?

What His Majesty wants
is to conquer Japan.

We will need to engage the enemy
directly with shock weapons to

seize and conquer,
and that is land battle.

General...

Even if they attack us before we
attack them, they will not be

bringing horses on their
ships across the ocean.

That means they
will be infantrymen.

I don't have to tell you how
infantry stacks up to cavalry.

What the Chosun military needs
is a strong cavalry and powerful

arrows that can pierce
through an armor.

The enemy will easily be defeated by a
cavalry raid after luring them inland.

Don't you agree?

Of course.

I agree.

You're absolutely right,
General Shin.

But the armed forces of Chosun are
divided into an army and a navy.

Perhaps this was done because
each had a different role to play.

We should consider High Commander
Yi's proposal carefully and...

There is no valid need to separate
the army and the navy of Chosun.

The only real difference is whether it
is located near the coast or inland.

What do you think?

It looks like everyone
else agrees with me.

We will not discuss wild ideas about
feet alliance and sea battles again.

Is that understood?

Sir.

I guess it didn't go too well.

Let us go inside.

Then there is only one other way.

Inform the royal court about the
existence of the Turtle Ship.

Make them see how powerful this
navy can be if use our galleys

to move into formations and use our
Turtle Ship as an assault craft.

Then the royal court will intercede
and issue a new command to the navy.

Do you think we can convince them?

Guys!

Working hard?

Yes, did everything go
well on your drills?

Yes, sir.

Look at those menacing teeth!
It's awesome?

Hey, rookies, Keum and
Gapsang, take a closer look.

Isn't it magnificent?

Even a great ship like this one
is useless without us oarsmen.

So take pride in what you do. Don't let
these archers make you feel inferior.

That was a very inspiring speech.

But who says you're going
to be rowing this ship?

That's just it.
It's all been arranged.

We're going to pick the strongest
and the best oarsmen from the

headquarters and
row this beauty.

I wonder which lucky recruits are
going to be gunners on this ship.

The Japanese won't dare come close
to it with all those spikes sticking

out of the top.

Yeah, you don't ever have to
worry about getting killed!

Are you just going to
stand around down there?

Can't you see how
hard we are working?

It's not going to kill
you to help out a little.

Sure, sure! What would
you like us to do?

Fetch the est of the iron
plates for us from the foundry.

We're too tired. My arms feel
like they're going to fall off.

Right guys?

Yeah, we're exhausted!

You got it! We archers
will fetch them right now!

And we oarsmen will get
it up there for you!

Thanks, fellows!

I'm sure you're tired as
well from training all day.

Still working at
this hour, gentlemen?

Yes, the Turtle Ship construction
nearing its completion, so...

The only remaining budget
concern is the mast now.

Commander Yi and I were trying to
figure out a way to minimize the cost.

Commander Kim proposed using smaller
cannons on the Turtle Ship since the

weight of the iron shell
is still a concern.

That's a good suggestion.

So Captain Chung and I were discussing
the adequacy if the firepower.

I appreciate everyone's hard work.

I'm dying for a glass of rice wine
but we all have to do what we can.

We're building the first and
only assault vessel after all.

You boys must be hungry
working so late!

Come down now and
have some snack!

Mama!

It's food!

Yes, I was getting hungry.

I took the liberty of drafting
a memo for the royal court.

Sir, think back
to how you began.

When you first took office, no one
bought your idea of fighting at sea.

How about when you pushed the
soldiers to compulsory labor

for the Turtle Ship?

There was fierce resistance.

But look at them now. They are
eagerly helping each other and

working together as one
to make this happen.

Constable Kwon...

Persuade the military leaders
and the royal court.

Gear up for another
fight, High Commander.

I guess the mast is the only
thing you have to build now.

Director...

Did it upset you when I pointed out
my concerns about the Turtle Ship?

No, sir. Of course not.
You were just concerned.

The Turtle Ship may have been built on a
galley, but it has never been tested before.

And the truth is I am
still concerned about its stability.

But... but I hope I'm wrong and you
are right, for the sake of the high

commander and for the sake
of the Left Cholla Navy.

Director...!

I beg to inform you that
a ship has been built...

Turtle Ship...!

He has built a ship
that looks like this?

An assault vessel
fitted with cannons!

A new battleship of Chosun!
Amazing! I am very proud!

What do you think about this?

All is Your Majesty's great fortune.

High Commander Yi Soon-shin and his
men must be applauded for developing

and constructing this
ingenious battleship.

Yes, of course. If this ship indeed
possesses the power that they claim,

it will be the country's
most valuable treasure!

Yes, Your Majesty!

Completion of the Turtle Ship will
greatly increase the capacity of our navy.

And if the Japanese should attack,
they will quickly be routed.

Of course.

Conquering Japan, as ordered by Ming,
won't be a difficult task either.

How I wish I could see it!

Sink the enemy ship on its
track with a blast of a cannon?

What I would do to witness
its power with my own eyes!

I will bestow the hemp cloth
to raise the mast on this ship!

Your grace is immeasurable.

And send a missive to special
military investigators Shin Lip

and Yi Il to attend
the launching ceremony.

They are to commend Yi Soon-shin and
his men as generously as I would

and to return to the capital to report the
force of the Turtle Ship in explicit detail.

Your grace is immeasurable!

You said the will of Heavens
is with Yu Sung-ryong,

and I guess you
were right, Brother!

Just when you think he is done for,
something comes long throws him a rope!

High Commander Yi Soon-shin
is Yu Sung-ryong's man, isn't he?

Who knows how long His Majesty's
favors will stay with him this time

once this impressive battleship
is completed and delivered!

You have to be quick when you're
trying to hunt a tiger, but I

didn't act quick enough... I should
have known that Yi Soon-shin is the

tiger, but I underestimated him.
We wouldn't have this problem now

if I had brought him
down in his beginning...

What?!

A launching ceremony of the Turtle
Ship at the Left Cholla Naval Station?

What kind of ship is this to
have gained so much

of His Majesty's interest?

What are our instructions?

We are to attend the launching
ceremony and report the ship's

excellence in explicit detail!
For crying out loud!

If this is His Majesty's
command we must go.

General Yi! What if this gives
Yi Soon-shin even more royal favors?

What if His Majesty buys his blather
about unity and fleet alliance

nonsense and puts him in
command of the entire navy?

He could become our
superior officer overnight!

High Commander Yi, what brings
you so early in the morning?

High Commander Yi, what brings
you so early in the morning?

I heard you built
a new battleship.

I couldn't wait to see it.

Thank you for taking
such interest.

I plan to bring the battleships in my
substations together and form a fleet

in our station as well. I will be
visiting often from now on seeking

your advice, and I ask you
kindly for your guidance.

Guidance? No.
We will help each other.

It's been a long time.

I don't know whether to address you
as Constable Hwang or Cousin-in-law.

We are in uniforms.
Please call me by my title, sir.

The launching ceremony will begin in
a little while. Let us go together.

No, please don't mind us. I'm sure you
have a lot to do before the ceremony.

We came early to get
a tour of the base.

High Commander of Left Cholla
Naval Station Yi Soon-shin...

You must know him well since
he is an in-law of yours.

What kind of man is he?

He's an awful man.

He put my cousin through a lot
of pain and frustration with his

zealous devotion to the country.

Goodness!

Atten-hut!

One, two!
One, two!

No!