Black Corporation: Joseon

Chapter 711

Episode 711: Second Battle of the Yellow Sea (9)

As the Two-Headed Flame Dragons were destroyed, the situation for the Ming Dynasty navy took a turn for the worst.

“Even the Qin Dynasty has been destroyed! What should we do now, Captain?”

“Ah…”

“Captain!”

The captain shouted hysterically at his subordinate’s almost screaming call.

“Bring Zhanjang here right now!”

“But the order…”

“What does it matter if the person who gave the order went to the Dragon Palace! “Bring her here now!”

“Yes old!”

At the captain’s shout, the subordinate went straight down. The captain gritted his teeth as he looked at his subordinates who were still confused and confused.

“You look like a defeated soldier without even fighting properly! Damn it! Damn you bastards!”

The captain was swearing while looking at the place where the two-headed flame dragons had sunk – where a few floating objects and struggling allies were located.

* * *

“Come out! “The situation is urgent!”

Jinwi, who was sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and asked at the sound of the soldier’s urgent voice.

“How many Two-Headed Flame Dragons sank?”

“It is annihilation!”

“this!”

Jinwi jumped up from his seat with an urgent cry and quickly ran up to the bridge.

* * *

“Captain! “The situation is!”

In response to Jinwi’s urgent question, the captain raised his hand and pointed to one side.

Jinyu looked at the direction the captain was pointing and sighed with a disappointed expression on his face.

“Oh my…”

In the direction pointed by the captain, the Empire’s challenger-class front lines were advancing confidently, led by assault return ships.

“Our troops…”

Jinwi, who was observing the situation of the allies around him, was at a loss for words.

The Ming naval forces, who saw that all the two-headed dragons that proudly jumped out of the water sank, were in a state of panic and did not know what to do.

Jinyu, who saw that, smiled bitterly and muttered.

“It would have been better if we had just run away…”

The major commanders had boarded King Jeongjo along with Deung Su-rin. As the chastity subsided, there were no commanders to command the sub-fleets.

With the commanders disappearing, the Ming Dynasty fleet was left in a state of confusion, not knowing what to do. Of course, there were captains at the front lines who commanded them. However, if the captain moved the ship as he pleased, he would be beheaded according to military discipline.

This was Deng Su-lin’s work.

* * *

In the previous war, Deng Shu-lin, who had seen countless friendly front lines where the enemy would flee even if the slightest disadvantage was in their hands, and who was uneasy about the quality of the newly rebuilt navy, strictly applied military discipline.

-If there is no order from the fleet commander, you will remain in that position even if you die!

Afterwards, when several captains violated the above orders during a training exercise to subdue pirates, Teng Su-lin mercilessly beheaded the captains in question.

Afterwards, the captains of the fleets trained by Deng Su-lin became accustomed to maintaining their positions even when the commander was absent.

Because of that, I was still confused, not knowing what to do.

* * *

After checking the situation, Jinwi gave an order to the captain in a calm voice.

“Hang the captain’s command flag and signal flag. The content of the signal is mountain (?) and retreat (?).”

“All right.”

Soon, a command flag was hung on the mast of the front line where Jinwi was riding, and a signal flag containing an order to spread out and retreat was fluttering.

As soon as they saw that signal, the ships of the 100 ships turned their bows as if they had been waiting.

Jinyu, who was watching this, looked back at the captain.

“I feel sorry for you, but you will have to suffer with me.”

“What if you say it’s hard work?”

“No matter how much we tell them to spread out and run, they will be quickly caught up by challenger-class front lines and assault return ships. So shouldn’t we make it as inconvenient as possible?”

“Ah…”

The captain sighed softly as he understood what Jinyu had said. But he also knew that there was nothing he could do.

The now retreating Grand Battleships were inferior to the challenger-level battle lines in speed, defense, and firepower. Therefore, Jin Yu gave the order to disperse and retreat.

In the middle, quite a few ships would be caught up and sunk by the challenger-class front lines and assault return ships, but many more would survive than if they retreated in a concentrated manner.

In order to make a larger number survive, someone had to stay behind to hold them back, and he was selected to carry the commander of the subfleet.

“Aren’t your steering skills the best in our navy? “I believe you will not be defeated easily.”

“Whoa~. All right. “I will do my best to tie their feet.”

At Jinwi’s words, the captain sighed and rolled up his sleeves.

* * *

In the delayed battle that followed, Jinwi and the captain showed fantastic chemistry.

They fired artillery guns while skillfully avoiding the bullets fired by Joseon’s challenger-class front lines, and cleverly crossed in front of the imperial naval front lines, entangling the fleet’s formation.

This was entirely due to Jinwi and the captain’s efforts. Thanks to this, many of the imperial navy’s challenger-level battle lines that were pursuing the Ming navy became entangled and were stranded.

Cho Jin-woong, who saw this, could not help but be impressed.

“There were some talented people among the Ming Dynasty people! “It’s amazing, it’s amazing!”

But admiration was just admiration. Cho Jin-woong immediately delivered the order.

“Order the challenger-class front lines and assault return ships! Ignore those cumbersome lines and pursue the enemies! And order the 1st Marine Emergency Fleet to stop rescuing prisoners and catch that guy! If possible, capture them alive!”

“ancient!”

* * *

“This is the end now…”

As the imperial fleet under Cho Jin-woong’s orders changed its movements, Jin-yu shook his head with a bitter smile.

The challenger-class front lines and assault ships he had been blocking quickly left their positions, reorganized their battle lines, and then began pursuing the Ming navy.

Jinwi and the captain did their best to block such challenger-class fronts and assault ships, but the empire’s front lines escaped them with their skillful naval skills.

“What would you like to do?”

Jinwi shrugged his shoulders and answered the captain’s question right away.

“From now on, we have to work hard to run away.”

“I had a lot of wounds on my stomach and the soldiers were exhausted.”

“Send half the gunners down and have them row. “I’ll have to endure as much as I can with the other half.”

“All right.”

Following Jinwi’s orders, the gunners began rowing on behalf of the exhausted soldiers.

But Jinyu’s escape failed. The Hae-eung emergency front lines chasing Jin-wi clearly proved why it was named Hae-eung.

The emergency front lines in pursuit continued to press and fire while moving ahead or behind the Daebok ship in which Jinwi was riding.

In the end, the Great Bokship on which Jinwi was riding was surrounded by sea emergency fronts while suffering from severe wounds.

“Surrender!”

“Surrender or I will sink you!”

The captain looked back at the demands for surrender coming from all directions.

Jinwi ordered the captain with a calm expression.

“Hang the white flag.”

“yes.”

Since the old Han Dynasty, the white flag has symbolized surrender. Therefore, when the white flag was hoisted on the ship Jinwi was riding, the cries for surrender stopped.

After a while, small ships from the nearby sea emergency front approached Jinwi’s ship.

The imperial sailors and military officers who climbed up the rope from Jin Wei’s ship began to disarm the Ming navy.

“It is okay to wear armor, but wearing a sword is not allowed.”

At the command of the Imperial Navy officer who was leading the soldiers, Jin Yu unlatched the sword he was wearing at his waist and held it out to the officer.

When the disarmament process was completed, Jinwi’s great ship headed for Seosan under the watchful eye of two sea emergency ships.

* * *

As the sun slowly set to the west, the Inland Sea Fleet returned to its home port.

In the inland sea fleet returning to its home port, several great ships were moving together, excluding Jinwi’s great ship.

They were the ones who raised the white flag as soon as they were caught up by the Inland Sea Fleet’s assault ships and challenger-class ships.

The Inland Sea Fleet arrived at its home port near sunset and began sorting the captured Ming prisoners according to rank.

High-ranking officers identified during the classification process were led to separately provided quarters.

“huh? you?”

Jinwi, who was entering the dormitory under the guidance of an imperial soldier, heard a voice that recognized him and turned his head to find the owner of the voice.

Jinwi, who confirmed the owner of the voice, approached him with a bright face.

“Admiral! Are you safe?”

The owner of the voice was the fleet commander, Teng Su-lin.

When King Jeongjo was sinking, Deng Shu-rin jumped into the sea and took off his armor to survive. Thanks to this, his life was saved, but due to the extreme drop in body temperature, he was covered in a blanket with a pale complexion.

Although he was covered in a blanket with a pale complexion, Teng Su-lin’s eyes were burning with anger.

“Why are you wearing armor?”

“yes?”

“You surrendered?”

“….”

When Qin Yue couldn’t answer right away, Deng Su-lin shouted.

“Yes you bastard! Are you saying that the general of the Daeming Dynasty’s navy surrendered? Seeing as there isn’t a single wound, it’s clear that he didn’t fight properly! “I lost this time because of people like you!”

“Admiral, you misunderstand!”

“What a misunderstanding!”

Deng Su-lin criticized Jin Yu, almost like a curse. At some point, Jinyu gave up making excuses and kept quiet. He realized why Deng Su-lin was blaming him.

‘You’re trying to use me as a scapegoat!’

It was certain that if the war ended and the Ming Dynasty returned, Emperor Gyeongtae would be held responsible. Deng Su-lin chose Jin Yu as the scapegoat to save himself.

In reality, Deng Su-lin did not hide his intention.

“When I see His Majesty the Emperor later, I will confess your sins and ask for punishment! “You are a disgrace to the navy!”

“….”

Seeing not only Teng Shulin but the other surviving commanders glaring at him with similar expressions, Qin Yu quietly came out.

Jinwi, who came out to the yard attached to the building that housed the captured Ming commander, sighed as he looked at the moon in the sky.

“Ha~. What should I do….”

Jinwi, whose future became bleak, continued to sigh in a frustrated chest.

No, Jinwi also knew the answer.

“It would be okay if you completely surrendered to the empire…”

If you completely surrendered to the empire, you would be able to secure your own safety. However, the problem was his family remaining in the Ming.

The moment he was branded a traitor, it was certain that his family would immediately fall into the abyss.

“Whoa~.”

In a situation where he couldn’t easily figure out what to do, Jinyu could only continue to sigh.

* * *

Meanwhile, An Hui, admiral of the Inland Sea Fleet, who received reports of the conflict between Jin Yu and Deng Shulin through the guards, smiled in remorse.

“Is that so?”

In this battle, the abilities shown by Jinwi and the captain of the ship he was on were quite outstanding.

After the last war, the skills of the famous naval forces were quite superior even to the imperial navy, which had evaluated them as being a level below them.

“If possible, think about appeasement.”

“If you are a leader, your loyalty will be quite strong.”

“Still try your best.”

While he was struggling with Jo Jin-woong’s orders, Deng Su-lin persecuted Jin Yu, and the report that Jin Yu was worried was like a rain in a drought.

“Hmm…”

An Hui, who was diligently calculating in his mind, gave an order to his subordinate officer.

“If we move right now, nothing will work. Leave it alone for now. “If you wait a little longer, it will calm down on its own.”

“All right.”

An Hui, who gave orders to his subordinate officers, began to write a report to be submitted to Cho Jin-woong.

And the situation went as Anhui expected.