According to a report on the Korean "International News" website on October 12, South Korea's 2014 "Mingliang Great Victory" festival was held in Haenam, Jeollanam-do from October 9th to 12th. The festival was reappeared. In the history of world naval warfare, the famous battle "Mingliang Victory", with a total of 440,000 tourists, went to Hainan County to watch this celebration. According to general propaganda, the "Mingliang Victory" was a naval battle in the Mingliang Strait of the Korean peninsula in which the famous Korean anti-Japanese general Yi Sun-sin severely damaged the Toyotomi regime of Japan during the Wanli reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Ming Dynasty. On October 26, 1597, Admiral Yi Sun-sin took advantage of the special geographical features of Mingliang Strait to repel more than 130 Japanese ships (or more than 300 ships) with 12 "turtle ships", setting a world naval battle history. Miracle.
Yi Sun-sin Mingliang: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy
turtle ship, which is actually a ship suitable for coastal navigation. It is hard to imagine how such a small ship would operate hundreds of soldiers and sailors.
Turtle ship is actually a nearshore ship without far sea combat capability.
In fact, this great incredible record is only a unilateral statement of South Korea. We know that Yi Sun-sin’s main battle ship is the turtle ship. So what exactly is the tortoise ship that has been praised and mythological for 400 years? The real turtle ship is not even a real sea ship. It is impossible to conquer the sea because of the shape of the turtle ship, such a small sail and 10 oars.
The tortoise boat is made of wood and is only more than 30 meters long and requires 10-20 oars to travel along the coast. This ship does not have the legendary armor, only some thin iron sheets in certain parts, and there are bamboo nails and iron nails on the outside of the ship to prevent boarding and jumping. There are 50 soldiers inside, plus 50. -70 sailors. Due to the small internal space of the ship and the large number of people, the interior is very crowded.
A small firecracker with only two kicks on the turtle boat
So what super weapon is on the tortoise ship that can be one enemy to ten? Mainly the five famous North Korean guns. Including sky word gun, ground word gun, black word gun, yellow word gun and victory word gun. What is a firecracker is actually a spray. The "Shengzi" gun here is a single-tube sprayer, imitating the firearm from the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty more than 200 years ago before the outbreak of the "Mingliang Great Victory". The iron pipe can be filled with 1 tael of thick gunpowder and 1 small iron or iron sand weighing 7 dollars. After the match rope is lit at the rear, there is a loud bang and black smoke is filled. The firecrackers with this original launch method have a range of up to 10-20 meters, and the Chinese folks use this to blast the rabbit or listen to it when they are married. In North Korea, there is also a small three-jin-heavy word blunt, which is of no use. There are real objects in Korea’s Gyeongbokgung Palace and the Army Non-commissioned Academy Museum. If you are interested, you can visit them.
What does North Korea’s artillery look like? That is the series of sky, earth, xuan and yellow characters. Among them, the sky character is actually a large fire gun, and it is also the largest artillery in North Korea. It weighs about 400-700 catties and has a caliber of 115-130 mm. However, this thing has a great recoil. The soldiers carried it back. Therefore, it is generally only used for defending the city. If you dare to put it on the boat, the recoil can smash the board. As for the accuracy, it is not at all, not even a sighting tool, and the range is a maximum distance of tens of meters to 100 meters.
The word "Di" and "Xuan" are fire guns that are one size smaller than the sky, about 50-200 catties, and the caliber is 100 mm.
Yi Sun-Sin’s great victory: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy.
This is the North Korean artillery. It is actually very small, and it fired a huge rocket instead of a cannonball. It’s hard to believe that this thing is more than ten miles away. During the Chinese Liberation War more than 300 years later, the maximum range of the American-made 75MM mountain cannon used by the national army did not exceed 20 miles.
Shenji Arrow is just a myth and has no actual combat ability
However, the main function of North Korean artillery is not to launch artillery shells but to launch arrows. This feature has also been filmed into a movie called Shenji Arrow. For example, the largest Tianzi cannon, which can fire a general arrow, is a giant arrow with an arrow length of 11.9 feet, a gun length of 7 inches, and a total weight of 50 kilograms. The ground character launches a general arrow, which is 9.23 feet long and weighs 33 kilograms. Xuanzi fires a second-large arrow, which is 6.37 feet long and weighs 7 jins.
Think about it with your head, even the largest Tianzi cannon is only 700 kilograms. How much gunpowder can be loaded? How can a giant arrow weighing 50 kilograms be launched? Moreover, the arrow is 11.9 feet long. If the arrow is stuffed into the cannon, 2/3 is still exposed. Even if it is barely fired, it is estimated that it will not be able to hit 20 meters. There is no need to think about accuracy at all.
In 1815, North Korea also published a book called Rong Heng Must-have. In this book, it is said that the Korean magical tool Tianzi, Earth and Xuanzi Huo Chong can shoot cannonballs more than 10 miles away. I just want to say that in 1803, nearly 200 years after the end of the War of Resistance against Japan, the strongest 68-pounder cannon on the British Empire’s strongest battleship Victory, which had been rampant around the world, had a flat firing range of less than 400 meters and 12 pounds. The cannon has an effective range of less than 200 meters.
The so-called big turtle ship has 36 shooting holes, 8 sculls [oars] on each side. According to the establishment, it is a large ship, equipped with 1 captain, 20 hand-to-hands, 10 shooters, 24 gunners, 10 sailors, 100 oarsmen, and 10 flag bearers. A Jeolla-do naval battalion is composed of 2 turtle ships, 2 warships, and 13 other warships and miscellaneous service ships. Equipped with 11 ground guns, 27 black guns, 27 yellow guns, 27 hundred guns and 23 wins guns.
Yi Sun-Shin Ming Liang Victory: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy and the
North Korean army did not actually have a shotgun. Later, the production volume was very scarce since 1593. It was the Ming Dynasty who later gave a large amount of aid to the Korean Franciscan machine before the final battle in 1597. Cannon and shotgun. The picture shows the Japanese musket.
North Korea basically has no birdclaws, which was later aided by the Ming Dynasty
Of course, some people say that there are still bird guns on the tortoise boat, and there are 430 bird guns in a North Korean navy battalion. However, on page 167 of the Luanzhong Diary written by Yi Sun-sin himself, it is clear that the birds made by the Zheng clan are better than the Japanese cockroaches. Unfortunately, the number is too small and only 30. (September 14, 1593). The famous North Korean minister, Liu Chenglong, said in a story about bird guns: In the ten-month period, the capital was lost, and the people did not know the soldiers because the Japanese pirates had the advantage of bird guns, and bow arrows could not be crossed with them. Therefore. In other words, North Korea itself does not manufacture shotguns. The manufacture of shotguns has only just begun in 1593, and the manufacturing process is very slow.
Later, it was the aid of the Ming Dynasty that improved the equipment level of the North Korean navy. Now if we can go to North Korea or South Korea to see, the Franco machine guns and shotguns left over from the War of Resistance against Japan can now be displayed in the museum. They were all made by the China Armed Forces Bureau and the War Bureau, and they all have inscriptions on them. It was the aid of the Ming Dynasty that raised the level of equipment of the North Korean Navy from the 14th century to the 16th century. By the Battle of Luliang Sea in 1597, each North Korean naval battalion was finally equipped with 30 Franco cannons and 430 shotguns, but with weapons alone, North Korea was not good enough. He could not make so many ammunition, so the Ming Dynasty still had a lot of ammunition. The aid of gunpowder, shotgun lead shells, artillery shells and lead-covered water-iron projectiles was given to North Korea to solve the ammunition problem of the North Korean navy.
Japanese warships are equivalent to Chinese blessing
ships. Most of the battleships in Japan's expedition to North Korea are Anzhai ships. This kind of ship is equivalent to China's blessing ships, divided into three large, medium and small, roughly divided into 500 shi, 1,000 shi and 2,000 shi. The hull is wrapped in thick wooden planks, and there is an arrow tower on the roof of the ship. Soldiers can stand on the arrow tower and use the eye of the gun to use iron cannons (shotguns) and fire tubes to fight. It is a real sea-going ship, and the firepower on board is not inferior to that of North Korea. In other words, the shotgun is better than the firecracker. And the main ship of the Japanese navy also has artillery.
Yi Sun-sin Mingliang: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy. The
picture shows the Japanese Ataka fleet is sailing.
Japan's second invasion of North Korea drove straight into invincibility
After the peace talks between Japan and the Ming Dynasty broke down, the two sides broke out again. The 25th year of Wanli in China and the 2nd year of the Japanese celebration. In February 1597, Japan issued a military order to destroy the resistance forces in Jeolla Province and Chungcheong Province. The main force of the Japanese army crossed the sea into North Korea in May-June. In the Chilcheon-Lianghai battle on July 15th, the North Korean navy was devastated. Both Namwon City and Huangshishan City on land quickly defeated the Korean Army and won.
Subsequently, the Japanese generals Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa and Mori Hidemoto led the army to continue advancing as planned. By mid-September, North Korea’s resistance in Jeolla Province was only in a small area in the south. The combat power is only the remaining 12 ships of the North Korean Navy. At this time, the Japanese army is continuing to advance, while the Japanese navy is advancing along the coast.
The Naruto naval battle was actually Yi Sun-sin ambushing the Japanese forward
Japanese navy under the leadership of Fujido Takaho, Kato Kaaki, Aji Wakizaka and other generals, advancing along the coast of Jeolla Province. The Japanese outpost arrived at Rampu Dayang on September 7. Here, I encountered Yi Sun-sin's 12 warships. The North Korean navy began to seduce the Japanese navy. On September 16, after receiving the news of the discovery of the main force of the North Korean army, Fujitang Gaohu led 30 medium-sized ships to throw away the large forces and began to pursue them, preparing for a decisive battle with the North Korean navy. As a result, the North Korean navy was lured to an unfamiliar water area. At this time, the water was low. Several ships in front of the Japanese navy were blocked by the ropes and stakes buried by the North Korea on the shallow bottom of the sea, and the North Korean navy turned around and besieged. Dozens of Japanese were killed in battle, and the several stranded warships were also abandoned.
In this naval battle, the North Korean Navy suffered minor damage, but they were outnumbered, so they began to retreat rapidly in the evening. The Japanese navy was unfamiliar with the road conditions and could not continue to pursue the North Korean navy. They were also afraid of being caught in such a trap again. The next day, September 17, Fujido Takatora and Wakisaka Yasuji came to the battlefield again, but no North Korean navy was found.
Yi Sun-sin Mingliang: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy. The
oarsmen and gunners on the Korean Turtle Ship were mixed together. Once the war started, hundreds of people would be crowded here, and the scene must be very chaotic. What's more, the so-called artillery in North Korea is actually a large firecracker, and it fires arrows.
After the main force of the Japanese navy arrived, the North Korean navy had fled
When the Japanese navy saw that the North Korean navy had retreated, they continued to attack the base camp of the North Korean navy. While rushing to the west bank of Jeolla Province, he supported the Japanese army's attack. At this time, the combat objectives of the Japanese army and the task of sweeping the Korean Navy in Jeolla Province have been completed. Started building fortresses in Suncheon, Sacheon, Changwon, and Ulsan, preparing for a decisive battle with the Ming army going south.
Mingliang was Japan’s victory to control the sea and destroy the Korean naval port. The
Mingliang Sea Battle was during the Japanese naval forces marching on Jeollado. Yi Sun-sin seduced and ambushed the forward forces of the Japanese navy forces in the predetermined sea area, only causing the Japanese forwards to suffer a little loss. , And then left to retreat to save. The Japanese navy seized control of the sea and destroyed the base of the North Korean navy. In this way, Japan actually won. Japan lost a few ships and killed dozens of people. However, Japan reached the goal of destroying the opponent’s naval base. To seize control of the sea, to cover the army's strategic goal of advancing. But according to modern South Korea, the battle became: Yi Sun-sin’s 12-13 warships fought against 133 Japanese warships and 200 transport ships, and sank 31 Japanese ships and injured 92 Japanese ships. , Killed 9,000 Japanese soldiers, slashed the opposing general's great victory, and shot two blockbusters, "Heaven Army" and "Mingliang Sea Battle". It should be understood that the entire Japanese fleet has only 7,200 people, with 2,800 Fujido Takatora, Kato Yoshiaki 2,400, Wakisaka Yasuji 1,200, Raidori 600, and Sugawaraemon 200. In addition, Yi Sun-sin's own diary of the chaos only wrote "Thirty thief ships crashed", not to mention the account of sinking, nor the account of smashing the enemy ship.
South Korea has not told you at all that after this battle, Yi Sun-sin's fleet retreated to the north and the naval base was destroyed by the Japanese army. The Japanese navy army successfully completed the things planned. Even if the North Korean navy were all turtle boats, there were only more than 200 of those 12 turtle boats that could only hit 7 gold irons and large arrows with a range of no more than 30 meters. On what basis did you sink and injure the opponent's 133 warships and transport ships? The Korean movie's performance method is that Yi Sun-sin's navy rockets erupted and defeated the Japanese fleet. I really don't want to say anything.
Yi Sun-sin Ming Liang's Great Victory: Actually Japan defeated the North Korean navy
North Korea records that any model of its own blunderbuss has a range of 800 steps, thousands of steps. It is important to know that the 68-pounder cannon on the battleship of the British Empire naval battleship will not exceed 400 meters. The picture shows the British Navy's 68-pounder gun.
Yi Sun-sin never talked about cutting off the Japanese logistics line at sea,
but it is even more nonsense to say that Yi Sun-sin cut the Japanese logistics line. I have never seen the Japanese army lacked the ordnance and soldiers transported from the mainland, and I have never seen it. After Yi Sun-sin has been to the open ocean alone, he still talked about what cut off the logistics of the Japanese army?
If there is really Yi Sun-sin from the Battle of Okpo to the Battle of Pusanpo, in four months, ten battles and ten victories, wiped out Wakisaka Yasuji The Japanese navy, led by Kato Kato, Fujido Takatora, and Kuki Kasaka, blocked the transportation of Japanese military supplies. If North Korea has control of the sea, and if Kim Simin defeated Hosokawa’s 20,000 Japanese troops with only 3,800 men, other Japanese troops would also be caught in the guerrilla warfare of the volunteers. Then what did North Korea ask for reinforcements from the Ming Dynasty? The Japanese naval forces have been killed at sea, and the Japanese follow-up troops and materials can not be sent. Even the Japanese troops on the peninsula are already hungry and cold and desperate.
Yi Sun-Shin Ming Liang Victory: Actually, Japan defeated the North Korean navy.
According to the North Korean military manual, this type of artillery with a length of less than 2 meters and a 724-pound artillery can fire a 33-pound shell beyond 800 steps. If this is the case, its power is much greater than the 3000-jin and 6000-jin Hongyi cannons a hundred years later.
What really destroyed the main force of the Japanese navy
was the battle of Luliang Sea that the Ming dynasty navy really hit against the Japanese navy in that war. In this final battle, the Ming dynasty naval forces of China made their best efforts. There was a naval battalion in the Ming army, 4 big blessing boats, medium-sized sea-cang boats and small Cangshan boats, equipped with 4 front-mounted large-scale ships, 40 doors. Franco machine guns and bowl guns, 68 bird guns, 500 spray canisters, 2000 rockets and boarding javelins for melee combat, scoring guns, and ship nail guns.
During naval battles, the front-mounted Dafaqi and the Franco machine fired at first, and when they reached close range, the bird and rocket began to shoot. Leaning closer, it’s the spray canister and the fireball, the last is the goulian gun, the ship nail gun, hooking the enemy ship, jumping gang, using the javelin, the saber to fight hand-to-hand, this is the typical method of naval warfare in which era .
If, as in North Korea, with a few small iron shots that make 7 money, you want to sink dozens of big ships by pure firepower? Just where to put a 1,000-stone ship? More than 20 people use that kind of spray and hit it at random 20-30 meters away. Can it sink in a day?
Yi Sun-Shin
's great victory: It was actually the large French cannon used by Japan to defeat the North Korean navy .
Lulianghai battle Yi Sun-sin
defeated the main force of the Ming army. Lulianghai battle really defeated the main force of the Japanese navy. In this battle, the Japanese navy forces Shimazu Yoshihiro, Tachibana Somo and Takahashi led 500 warships and 17,000 Japanese troops went into battle.
The navy of the Ming army facing the battle was Chen Lin, 600 sea ships and 19,400 Ming army led by Wang Yuanzhou. Yi Sun-sin’s North Korean navy was only a layman, with only 100 ships and 7,000 soldiers. Yi Sun-sin and Ming army general Deng Zilong both served as ambushes, lying in ambush on the north side of the Luliang Strait and Guanyinpo near the South Island.
The admiral of the Ming Dynasty navy Chen Lin was the commander in command and was responsible for the frontal decisive battle. The Japanese navy forces killed Li Sun-sin and Ming army general Deng Zilong in Guanyinpu when they broke out of the siege.
The decisive battle of the Luliang Sea Fleet was a battle between the Chinese and Japanese naval divisions.
However, the main force of the Ming navy divisions then broke out in the decisive battle. Under the attack of the Ming army's Franco-aircraft artillery and close-range fireballs, the Japanese army was defeated and lost more than 200 warships. The Japanese army only captured 2 Ming warships. The Battle of Luliang and the Battle of Midway Island are the first and second part of the Japanese Navy’s 300-year undefeated myth.
Yi Sun-sin is indeed a naval master. He stepped forward at that critical moment when North Korea was facing subjugation. In the case of a disastrous national defeat, he was able to win victory and boosted the morale of North Korean soldiers and civilians. It was indeed very powerful. But there is no need to exaggerate too much. Before the Ming Army navy entered North Korea, Yi Sun-sin actually carried out attacks or ambushes along the coast, and the results were actually not great. And his record also comes from his own records, all recorded in his chaotic records, whether it is opponent Japan, or the Allied forces in the Ming Dynasty lack these brilliant record records.
Sun-Shin Yi Ming Liang: Actually, it was Japan’s defeat of the North Korean navy that
South Korea attached great importance to propaganda. Now Yi Sun-Shin’s name is far more famous in the world and even in China than those Ming army generals who actually acted as the absolute main force in the Korean War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. The South Korean navy emblem now also uses the turtle ship logo.
The admiral of the Daming Navy, Chen Lin, was far less famous than Ding Ruchang
. And only served as an ambush lieutenant. However, due to the lack of propaganda, everyone now believes that the Lulianghai battle was fully commanded by Yi Sun-sin.
This year marks the anniversary of the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. When I miss the Beiyang Navy and the Admiral Ding Ruchang of the Great Qingshui Division, can we also build a statue for the Daming Navy and the Admiral Chen Lin? After all, Chen Lin won the biggest naval battle in China's 5,000-year civilization so far. When regretting the losers, please don't forget those glorious victors.
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