Report on the Battle of Okpo

 In the complete translation of Imjingjangcho in Choi Doo-hwan's Complete Collection 3, Okpo Seungcheopjanggye is posted... I entered it myself, so there may be a typo... For those who respect Chungmugong, please refer to it...^^.* I would like to inform you of the first Okpo victory. Admiral Yi Sun-shin of Jeolla-do tells of his defeat by beating the enemy. According to the chief of the command received the day before, he set sail on May 4th of this month (01:00 to 03:00) to destroy the enemy ship in cooperation with the chief of Gyeongsang-do, and follow God's footsteps!The reason for sending the official letter was successful. On that day, I set sail with several generals of the Navy, 24 Panok ships, 15 narrow ships, and 46 artillery ships (all 85 ships), and when I reached the sea in front of Sauvagepo in Gyeongsangnam-do, I camped at night. On the 5th, it departed at dawn and rushed to the sea in front of Dangpo, the place where the sailors of the two provinces promised to gather last time, but Won Gyun of Gyeongsang Woosu was not at the place promised. As a light boat led by God, "Come out of Dangpo!"> I sent an official letter to him, and on the 6th (07:00-09:00), Wonkyun came from Hansan Island in the precincts of Usuyeong on the 6th. So I would ask in detail about the many and few Japanese ships and the procedures for a close battle with the place where I am staying. In addition, several generals of the province (Gyeongsangudo Island), Namhaeseonyeong Ki Hyo-geun, Mijo Port Cheomsa Kim Seung-yong, and Pyeongsanpo Gwongwan Kim Chuk, etc., rode on two Panokseon and came one after another between the 5th and 6th, so they gathered two generals twice and reached the sea in front of Songmipo, Geoje Island. On the 7th, when the enemy ship left at once at dawn and headed for Gadeok, and reached the sea in front of Okpo around noon, Kim Wan, the apostle of the Uchukhujang, and Kim In-young, the authority of Yeodo, fired a new war and reported that there was an incident. After a stern message, "Be as calm as Mt. Taishan," we proceeded in unison in the sea of Okpo, and about 30 Japanese ships were scattered on the docks of Okpo, with bamboo poles around the edge of the ship, red and white flags hanging.They were busy rowing and rowing, but they couldn't come out to the center, and six of them were at the forefront, so many of the chiefs of God worked hard and all died, so the officials and soldiers on the ship copied their will and promised to cheer each other up. Thus, surrounded by the east and west, he shot his bow to the Führer like a thunderstorm. The Japanese enemies were exhausted from shooting bullets and bows, and they had no time to turn the things in the ship into the sea, so that they could not know how many people were hit by arrows, and how many swimmers were. Only then did the group of Japanese enemies disperse at once and climb up the rocky hills, fearing that they would fall behind each other. The head of Nakan County, the head of the Japanese army, defeated a Japanese general and cut off the first level of the Japanese enemy's head, and all the double-edged knives, armor, and costumes in the ship seemed to be Japanese generals' goods. Head Woo, Boseong County Governor Kim Deuk-kwang defeated one Japanese general and took one person who was captured by Koreans alive. He said, "We must serve two Japanese ships, two Japanese ships, two Japanese ships and two small ships, one Japanese ship, one Japanese ship, one Japanese ship, one Japanese ship, one Japanese bankbook, and one military officer." Former volunteer Yuseop, a left-wing mechanical bankbook and Suncheon captain, defeated one Japanese presidential election and took away a girl who had been captured as a Korean alive. Han Hu-jang and God's officer, Choi Dae-seong, dispatched one Japanese ship, and Bae Eung-rok, God's officer, dispatched one Japanese ship, Lee Eon-ryang, a charge, and God's officer, joined forces to join one Japanese ship. Several generals in Gyeongsangnam-do defeated five Japanese ships and took one person alive who had been captured by Koreans. So, in total, all 26 Japanese ships were shot with guns, destroyed, and burned, and fireworks and smoke covered the sky in the wide sea. The group of Japanese enemies who went up the mountain hid in the forest, and there was no one who was not afraid. God had chosen a brave man from among the front lines to catch up with the Japanese enemy who climbed the mountain, but the mountains were rugged and lush, and he was in the enemy's den, and he was afraid of being surrounded by the master. However, around Shinshi (15:00-17:00), five Japanese ships pass by the sea that is not far away.As the late Chief of the Imperial Guard reported, he chased several generals and reached the sea in front of Happo in Ungcheon, and the Japanese abandoned their ships and went ashore. Accordingly, Kim Wan, the Apostle of the Apostle, followed by Yi Sun-shin, the Apostle of the Apostle, and Eo Young-dam, the Prefectural Inspector of Gwangyang, and Lee Eung-hwa, the Apostle of the Apostle, followed by a Japanese ship.Song Hee-rip? Kim Hyosung?Yi Seol and others joined forces to shoot a bow, destroy and burn all of the Japanese ships, and hurry the oars in the night to reach the sea in front of Nampo, Changwon Land, and camped and spent the night. In the early morning of the 8th, a Japanese ship is again staying in Goriyang, Jinhae.Upon hearing the news, he immediately ordered to sail, searching the islands inside and outside in narrow air, passing through the low (stone island) and reaching Jeokjinpo Port in Goseong, and 13 ships lined up at the mouth of the sea, including the Japanese presidential and middle lines. After struggling with the women's quarters in the port, the Japanese soldiers looked at the power of our soldiers and went up the mountain in fear. In response, the head of Nakan-gun joined forces with a Japanese ship, Park Young-nam and Kim Bong-soo, who live in the same village as the vice president, one Japanese ship, one Japanese ship, one Japanese ship, and one Japanese ship. Then I ordered the soldiers to eat breakfast and rest, and when a man named Lee Xindong, who lives near the Red Shore above, looked at our sailors, carried the baby on his back and cried down, he asked them himself, "The Japanese pirates came to this port last night to drink." Today, half of the ships were guarded in the early morning, and the other half went down to the land and headed for Goseong. When my old mother and my wife and children saw each other's enemies, they broke up, so I don't know where they went.He was so ashamed that he cried out for mercy that he was afraid that his leader would be taken by his enemies, and he would not obey him, because he had to look for his old mother and his wife and children. However, when all the generals and soldiers heard this, they became more and more angry, and as they looked back at each other, they worked together in unison to plan to destroy the enemy ships soon by heading to nature, Gadeok, Busan, etc. However, the places where the enemy ships are staying are narrow and shallow, so it is very difficult not only for a large ship like Panokseon to fight, but also for 200 Eokgi, a superior ship of Bondo Island, to advance into the enemy alone. However, when Choi Cheol-jin's intelligence arrived unexpectedly and heard that the inlaid director had fled to the government office, the wife seemed to be torn, and the cries and tears burst at once, and weeping and tears burst at once. So we decided to turn the boat around, and we returned safely to Bonyeong at noon on the 9th of the first day, and immediately to the generals, "Get the boats further maintained and prepared for the incident at the mouth of the sea!"I told him to understand that, and he broke up the camp. The Korean girl Yoo Hwa-seop took from him was only four or five years old, and one of the girls taken by Boseong County Governor Kim Deuk-gwang was a little old, but he was 14 years old and had a fight with someone on May 7, 1592.

"My father was in trouble with the Dadaepo naval forces, and when the war broke out, my mother was a daughter of a good family, whose name was Moron, but now she is dead, and I know nothing about my grandfather, grandmother, maternal grandmother, and maternal grandmother." The young man was Kim Jin-myeong, the new servant of Gijang-hyeon, but I can't remember the date, but in April, Japanese enemies came to Busanpo, and Kim Jin-myeong, the head of the village, erased military equipment from the small man and took him to Busan. After that, the soldiers ran away, so Kim Jin-myeong took me to his house for a night, and after evacuating here, his father and relatives happened to meet him on the side of the road and hid in Unbongsan Mountain on the border of the town (Gijanghyeon), and countless enemies rushed in. At sunset, he reached the middle of Busan Castle and spent the night, but his brother Bokryong did not know where he went, and he put the small man in the ship's sole and couldn't move freely. I don't remember the date, but one day, about 30 Japanese ships left for Gimhae, and it was five to six days after they got off the land and stayed there stealing, leaving at once on the 6th of this month (09:00-11:00), came to Yulpo, stayed at night, and stayed there at dawn on the 7th. In the midst of the day's battle, the Japanese enemy's ships poured rain-like iron rings, loading and defacing our country, and soon fell, and when the Japanese fell and fell, they all jumped into the water and went up the mountain. The little man's voice was captured by each other, but he was a fool, and he was under the sole of his stomach for a long time, so he did not know anything else. I stated that Yoon Bok-yeon and the young girl I mentioned above returned it to officials such as Suncheon and Boseong, saying, "Protect separately." Now that the detoxification of evil and dirty Japanese enemies has come this far, there is no one who has already been slaughtered and looted a lot, and on the other hand, the good people have not lost their parents or children. Furthermore, when God looked around the coast this time, there was no place without refugees in every valley he went through, and when he looked at our ship, he liked it as if he had found a way back to life, or some of the Japanese enemies' stillness. These people looked pitiful and pitiful, and wanted to be picked up soon, but not only were there too many, but they were afraid that it would not be convenient to carry them on board, so they went far away to understand, "I'll take them home safely, so that they wouldn't be caught." However, suddenly, when I heard that the king had avoided the disturbance to the west, I hurried the oars and returned as they were, but I can't forget the poor and pitiful affection. It's been a long time since these refugees left their homes, and even the remaining grain ran out and they starved to death. So I asked the provincial governor and said, "Ask him to the end, find him, bring him back and help him."I sent you an official letter. On the whole, the various generals and officials of God were all furious and vying to confront each other as they rushed into the enemy's ranks. So far, about 40 ships have been burned and destroyed in the naval battle, but only two have cut off the heads of Japanese enemies. But it was all the more frustrating that God could not do everything he wanted to destroy, but it was inevitable when he thought of the time of battle. The Japanese Red Ships seemed to be speeding up, but when they saw our ships, they could not escape and hide, they usually drove their boats along the shore as if they were woven together.When the situation was unfavorable, he went up to the land, so he could not annihilate again this time, so he kicked his tongue and lamented while touching the double-edged knife. All the Japanese goods on board the Japanese enemy ship were found and filled in five compartments, and the rest of the little things could not be recorded, so they selected items for war among them and collected them separately according to their type. Personal information record documents, military deployment documents, and various bows for lower-level affairs of Gimhae-bu?I wrote them down with arrows. Among the items on the Japanese ship, about 300 rice islands in Korea are distributed evenly in the style of hungry warriors and masters in various wars, and items such as clothes and cotton are distributed to soldiers fighting. The Japanese enemies wore red and black iron armor and wore various iron helmets, and the horseshoe stretched vertically and horizontally, making them look like Talbagaji, gold crowns, gold sputum, feathers, rain made of bird feathers, and Nagak (a musical instrument made of turban). In addition, large iron nails and rope were also very ugly and bizarre as various tools to break the castle, so we select and seal one of the most commonly used items for military purposes. Among them, items such as iron armor and führer, and Nakan Gunsu's signal wrap the first grade of the Japanese enemy's head around his left ear and seal it, giving it to Song Han-ryeon and Jinmu Kim Dae-soo, who contributed to the first fight. I have recorded the rest of the items as the original amount. At the height of the fight, Lee Seon-ji, the master of Suncheon's general ship, and Jeong Byeong, who lives in Suncheon, was slightly injured by an arrow in one place on the left, but no one was injured. Only Won Gyun, a Gyeongsang Woo-susa, had only three wires and took them away by shooting arrows at Japanese ships captured by various generals of God, injuring two masters and two tyrants. This is a mistake in the control of his men as a captain, and nothing could be worse. Not only that.. Geoje prefectural governor Kim Joon-min, who belongs to Gyeongsang Province, is not far away in the sea and has been engaged in battle day after day in his jurisdiction. So I sent a message to captain Won Gyun to come quickly, but he didn't show up. This is a great surprise, so please take care of it in the court. God's foolish idea is that even if you follow or step down from the enemy without operating as a naval force, the company of hundreds of years in the country turned into a Japanese enemy's den overnight because you only defended the castle with all your might in the land. I can't speak because my thoughts are driving me crazy. If a Japanese enemy invades Bondo (Jeonra-do) by boat, God will give his life as a naval battle to take care of them. However, if they invade the land, the soldiers on the main island have no horses, and there is no way to deal with themselves. In God's opinion, there are many horses that can be used for fighting among the horses raised in the Dolsando Island in Suncheon, Baekya Cape, and Heungyang's slaughterhouses, so if you drive them out, distribute them to generals and soldiers to feed them alive, and train them to run and use them on the battlefield, they will be able to conquer. However, this is not to be said by God's dogma, but the situation was urgent, so that Lee Kwang, the concubine, was sent a supervisor, and the soldiers who drove the horses out of each camp were brought in and trained for a period of one to two days. Thank you very much. May 10, 1592, Theft Master Yi Sun-shin