After more than a month of procrastination, the North Korean Navy finally dispatched.
Although everyone from top to bottom was full of resentment, under Liu Lin's coercion, the fleet still left Youshui Camp.
Almost at the same time, both Bai Dasheng and Liu Lin learned the other party's information.
At this time, Bai Dasheng had already led his army to Dongshan Island, which was not far from the North Korean Navy.
"If we continue sailing at the current speed, we will encounter the North Korean navy at the latest tomorrow morning. And the location of the encounter will be here..."
After analyzing the intelligence, the combat staff gave the answer.
But when they saw the location of the confrontation, almost everyone showed a look of surprise.
Just because this place is so famous.
Myeongryang Strait!
In North Korea, it is self-evident what this place means.
Quan Li was so frightened that he quickly suggested: "General, it was here that Duke Zhongwu defeated the Japanese Navy with his weak force. Now we are in a position similar to the Japanese Navy, so we must not enter here.
So as not to make the same mistake again.”
Regarding the information about the Mingliang naval battle, Xia Jun also has detailed information.
Although North Korea's performance during the entire Imjin Japanese Rebellion was very embarrassing, it must be said that the Myeongryang Sea Battle commanded by Yi Sun-shin was very impressive.
Although this battle did not change the overall situation of the war, it was one of the few victories for the Koreans.
In particular, cases of water warfare were scarce in the Xia Kingdom, so in-depth research was conducted.
Bai Dasheng lay down and stared at the map, not knowing what he was thinking. Next to him, there were piles of various information.
As long as you understand these things thoroughly, you will have a firm grasp of all the hydrological conditions along the southern coast of North Korea.
At this time, no one can make a decision except himself.
Bai Dasheng recalled the information he had read and suddenly asked: "Will the water flow in Myeongryang Strait really change?"
Quan Li is very certain about this.
"The water flow here is very strange. After noon every day, the water flow will change from east to west to west to east. The Japanese people didn't know this at the beginning, so they suffered a big loss."
Bai Dasheng nodded, indicating that he understood.
"Although judging from the hydrological situation, we seem to be in a disadvantageous position, I still decided to eliminate Liu Lin's troops here."
Seeing that he had made up his mind, except for the Koreans, the generals of the Xia army were very indifferent and just waited quietly for his detailed explanation.
Bai Dasheng is indeed not a blind judgment.
"The sea is vast, and trying to find Liu Lin's troops is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Moreover, the sea is wide. If the North Korean navy wants to escape after the fight, it will be difficult for us to stop it. But in this strait, there are only two channels in and out.
, this will help us catch the turtle in the urn."
The topography of Myeongryang Strait is very peculiar, it is wide in the east and narrow in the west. It also narrows into a gap less than 200 meters at the west end.
In fact, Bai Dasheng and others did not know that it was precisely because of the existence of this opening that the water flow in the Myeongryang Strait was deflected after noon every day.
The earth rotates from west to east, so affected by the earth's gravity and inertia, the seawater in this area will flow westward. But before reaching this intersection, it is like hitting a wall, so it will turn back.
In the morning, because the sun is in the east, the seawater temperature and water surface on the east side of the opening will be higher, and it can flow through the opening into the west side.
But in the afternoon, the sun moves to the west, causing the water in the west to heat up and raise the tide.
So he pushed back the flowing sea water.
Although Yi Sun-shin observed this change in ocean currents, he did not understand its principles, but he also used this phenomenon to defeat the Japanese navy.
Although Xia Guo has scientific observation methods, they obviously have not yet reached such a level of proficiency, so they do not know the principles behind them.
However, in Bai Dasheng's view, the adverse impact of water flow is actually not significant.
The main reason is that the method of naval warfare has changed.
Yi Sun-shin could use the wooden house boat to impact with the ocean currents and crash the Japanese customs ship, but the Xia Kingdom's fortune ship was larger and could not be destroyed at all.
The most important thing is that the artillery used by the North Korean Navy to overwhelm the Japanese Navy had no advantage at all in front of the Xia Army.
If it were a wide sea and the North Korean Navy was guerrillas everywhere, the Xia Navy might have a headache. But in such a narrow strait, if the North Korean Navy wanted to attack, it would only have a frontal approach.
In the Xia Navy's firepower network, this is no different from a living target.
And once a fight breaks out, the North Korean Navy can't do anything without attacking. Otherwise, they will have to wait for the Xia Navy to blow up their ships one by one.
In Bai Dasheng's view, the opening at the western end of the strait can be put to good use.
He looked at Shang Kexi.
"If I give you two Fu ships and six Haicang ships, can this gap be closed?"
Shang Kexi lay down on the map, measured the width of the opening with a ruler, and immediately felt confident.
"If a ship escapes from here, you will remove me from my post."
Bai Dasheng patted him on the shoulder and solemnly ordered: "This is the first battle of the Linqing, fight better."
Shang Kexi naturally understood the meaning. After receiving the order, he led his small team away from the main force and headed south.
He will stick to the south coast of Jindo and circle to the west side of Myongryang Strait to block the retreat route of the North Korean navy.
This is the biggest difference between the Xia Navy and the Korean Navy and the Japanese Navy.
Whether it is the Korean Navy or the Japanese Navy, on the one hand it is because of the ship, and on the other hand it is because of the thinking.
Even water battles must be fought close to the coast and using the terrain formed by land and sea.
To put it bluntly, although they fought on the sea, they could only be regarded as offshore marines.
Unlike the Xia Kingdom's Navy, which had an ocean-oriented mindset from the very beginning.
During the Myeongryang Sea Battle, the Japanese naval forces rushed into the Myeongryang Strait in one fell swoop. They never thought of sending a partial force to bypass Jindo to attack Yi Sunshin's retreat.
Of course, even if they want to go around, it's not that easy.
After all, Japan's Guanzhou ship travels too slowly. By the time we get around Jindao, the day lilies are already cold.
However, the Xia Navy, led by the Linqing, had full sails and sailed at a very fast speed.
In particular, the existence of precise timing tools like clocks allows the squad to know when they must arrive on the battlefield in order to cooperate with the main force.
Xia Jun formulated a two-sided attack strategy and took action immediately.
Bai Dasheng led the main fleet towards the Huayuan Peninsula.
As long as you bypass this place, the Myeongryang Strait will be right in front of you.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
A special explanation: In fact, during the Myeong Liang naval battle, the Japanese army also carried out an outflank campaign.
This is also the reason why Yi Sun-shin had to abandon Yousuying and retreat to after his victory.
The Japanese outflanking did not help in combat, but it played a role in the situation.