Facts : 1 1 Naval Campaigns of 1592 1.1 Battle of Hansando 1.2 Battle of Angolpo and Danghangpo 1.3 Battle of Busan Naval Campaigns of 1592 Having secured Pyeongyang, the Japanese planned to cross the Yalu River into Jurchen territory, and use the waters west of the Korean peninsula to supply the invasion
Facts : 2 However, Yi Sun-sin, who held the post of the Left Naval Commander of the Jeolla Province (which covers the western waters of Korea), successfully destroyed the Japanese ships transporting troops and supplies
Facts : 3 Japan, lacking enough arms and troops to carry on the invasion of China, changed the objective of the war to the occupation of Korea
Facts : 4 When the Japanese troops landed at the port of Busan, Bak (also spelled Park) Hong, the Left Naval Commander of the Gyeongsang Province, destroyed his entire fleet, his base, and all armaments and provisions, and fled
Facts : 5 Won Gyun, the Right Naval Commander, also destroyed and abandoned his own base, and fled to Konyang with only four ships
Facts : 6 Thus there was no Korean naval activity around the Gyeongsang Province, and the surviving two, out of the four total fleets, were active only on the other (west) side of the peninsula
Facts : 7 Won Gyun later sent a message to Yi Sun-sin that he had fled to Konyang after being overwhelmed by the Japanese in a fight
Facts : 8 A messenger was sent by Yi Sun-sin to the nearby island of Namhae to give Yi s order for war preparations, only to find it pillaged and abandoned by its own inhabitants
Facts : 9 As soldiers began to flee secretly, Yi Sun-sin gave an order to arrest the escapees and had two of the fugitives brought back and beheaded; he then had their heads put out for display
Facts : 10 Yi Sun-sin s battles steadily affected the war and put significant strain on the sea lanes along the western Korean Peninsula supporting the Japanese advance
Facts : 11 The Korean navy relied on a network of local fishermen and scouting boats to receive intelligence of the enemy movements
Facts : 12 On the dawn of June 13, 1592, Yi Sun-sin and Yi Eok-gi set sail with 24 panokseons, 15 small warships, and 46 boats (i.e
Facts : 13 The next day, the Jeolla fleet sailed to the arranged location where Won Gyun was supposed to meet them, and met the Yi Sun-sin on June 15
Facts : 14 The augmented flotilla of 91 ships then began circumnavigating Geoje Island, bound for Gadeok Island, but scouting vessels detected 50 Japanese vessels at Okpo harbor
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