The secret of the great victory of the Battle of Myeongnyang.

 The Myeongnyang Battle is one of the mysterious battles that won by fighting 13 ships vs 333 ships. How did they win this battle? Did you win simply by the ocean current like the "Myeongnyang" tornado sea?

It was a battle that won Uldolmok (Myeongnyang) on September 16, 1597, and the number of enemy ships destroyed was 32, and the rest of the battle function was 91 and retreated without even coming into Uldolmok.

September 6, 1597. - Battle of Byeokpajin.

Many people don't know this Byeokpajin Battle, and I think this Byeokpajin Battle is the core battle that brought the greatest victory of the Battle of Myeongnyang. The reason is that Michifusa Guruchima was wary of Admiral Yi Sun-shin. Admiral Yi Sunsin's battleships will be dispatched on September 6th. In a small naval battle, Michifusa Gurushima, who is manned to Uldolmok, eventually falls over. The reason is that Admiral Yi Sun-shin knew that there were 13 fleets, so he went to Uldolmok on September 16, 1597.

September 16, 1597. Battle of Myeongnyang.

What's the victory of the Battle of Myeongnyang?

1. The difference between ships.

- The difference in shipbuilding technology changed the naval force during the Imjin War and the Jeongyu War. Panokseon has excellent durability because it builds a wooden nail on the flat line and dries the boat in the form of S. In addition, it was easy to fight because the first floor was filled with classified soldiers and the second floor was one of the ships with a kind of division of labor system, but in the case of Japanese Antaekseon, it was less durable because it was double-handed and hit diagonally with wooden nails. So, even when partisan operations were used, Ahn Taek-seon was not in the watermelon that could easily be smashed.

2. The difference in weapons.

- The Joseon Navy had trained the Panokseon to carry guns to enable the shooting of guns. In particular, Panokseon was able to overcome the ship even if it was loaded a lot because it was a ship that was steady despite the recoil of Hampo, while the Japanese Antaekseon was very durable, so it was only able to load three gates of Hampo.

This part played the biggest role, and the shooting distance of the artillery was also quite advantageous for the Joseon Navy. In order to break down Japan's tactic of "Baek Byeong-jeon," I think one weapon that stands out for Admiral Yi Sun-shin's brilliant tactical victory is "Hwapo."

3. Differences in strategy and tactics.

- As mentioned above, no matter how good weapons and ships are, they cannot win without strategies and tactics. In particular, land and naval battles vary greatly, so if you fail strategically, you will lose like Won Gyun, and in fact, it is right to see Chilcheonyang Naval Battle as a strategic defeat, not Won Gyun's incompetent defeat. I'll explain the reason again later. Admiral Yi Sun-shin knew Japanese tactics so well and also responded quickly to the situation. First of all, as mentioned above, if the weapon's non-shooting distance, that is, the Japanese Navy's rifle, comes within a 250m radius, for example, it can fly up to 1km, so even if the Japanese army enters first, it will be smashed.

In addition, the panokseon is a flat line, so it can rotate. When I finished shooting from Chinese characters, I turned to other Chinese characters and fired, and I always maintained a certain distance. 

They also used the flow of birds well. As far as I know, Michifusa Gurushima's hometown is faster than Uldolmok, but I think the reason for the defeat to Yi Sun-shin was because of the "iron clad operation," which was mentioned in the Yasaseo and was only circulating as a legend.

4. Is the metal clad operation real? Is it fiction?

- My personal opinion is that there was definitely an iron clad operation. The reason is that the ship of Antaekseon is a ship in the form of a sharp line (V). " If you turn the word "makgae" from both sides, the steel wire submerged in seawater slowly rises and hangs the lower part of the Antaekseon. At this time, Admiral Yi Sun-shin buys time by firing guns with all his might and waits until the direction of the current changes.

Morning time.

Joseon Navy. Japanese Navy.

Until the morning, the current flowed like this. If we fought only with the ocean currents, we wouldn't be able to guarantee victory. After using the iron clad operation, around 1 p.m. in modern time,

Afternoon time.

Joseon Navy. Japanese Navy.

The current changes like this. In fact, this current existed in the battle at the time, and it is also recorded in the Annals of Nanjung Diary and King Seonjo. But there's nothing about the ironclad operation. Then, which book is the one mentioned about the iron clad operation?

Lee Chungmugongseo, Hyeonmugongsilgi, and Taekji.

This Chungmugongjeonseo is a book written by Admiral Yi Sun-sin's family to commemorate the general's achievements after the death of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, and the operation of the iron clad is mentioned here.

In addition, Hyeonmugongsilgi was a person who participated in the Battle of Myeongnyang at the time of Kim Eok-chu in Jeolla-do, and the book written by Kim Eok-chu's descendants containing a character exhibition about him was Hyeonmugongsilgi. Here, it is also recorded that he broke the enemy with iron and steel.

Taekriji is a geography book from the Joseon Dynasty. However, it is claimed that the current status of Uldolmok and the iron cladding operation were also used in General Yi Sun-sin's Battle of Myeongnyang at the time.

But why did such a testament fall out of the movie Myeongnyang?

During the Joseon Dynasty, there was a lack of iron manufacturing technology, and those three books were written in later generations, so they were denied, but I don't see them that way. At that time, the tide situation was like that, and if we fought only with the ocean currents at a time when the power was inferior, I think the Joseon Navy would have been wiped out.