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1 李舜臣
Yi Sun-Sin
朝鲜,1545-1598
Admiral Yi Sun-Sinwas a Korean naval leader in the Imjin War, who won all 23 of his battles byusing excellent military tactics and strategies, even though he wasout-numbered in every battle he fought. The Battle of Hansando, which was themost important battle in that it turned the tide of the war. Admiral Yi’s navywas heavily outnumbered by the Japanese vessels (56 Korean ships against 73Japanese ships), but Yi was victorious through excellent military tactics.Japanese casualties were 66 ships destroyed, and over 9000 soldiers dead, whileKorea lost no ships, and only 19 soldiers.
李舜臣是壬辰战争期间朝鲜海军将领,他曾通过卓越的军事战术战略赢得了23场战役的胜利,且每场战役都是以少胜多的战斗。在闲山岛战役中,他成功扭转战 局,最终取得了闲山岛大捷。李舜臣的海军在数量上完全比不了日本舰队(李舜臣只有56艘战舰,而日本有73艘),但他却靠自己出色的战术取得了胜利。日本 方面有66艘战舰被毁,超过9千名士兵死亡,而朝鲜方面没有失去一艘战舰,只有19名士兵阵亡。
Perhaps Yi’s mostamazing victory was in the Battle of Myeongnyang, where he did the impossibleby defeating 333 Japanese ships with only 13 ships. The end results were 123ships disabled and/or destroyed, and 18,000 Japanese soldiers dead, while Yi’sfleet lost no ships and lost only 36 soldiers at most.
然而,李舜臣最精彩的一场胜利当属鸣梁大捷,李舜臣在此以13艘战舰击退日本333艘战舰,堪称海战史上的契机。此次海战日本方面有123艘战舰被毁,一万八千士兵死亡,而李舜臣方面的伤亡人数至多只有36人。
Admiral Yi is alsocredited for his invention of the effective Turtle Ship. Theship had a spiked top, making boarding almost impossible, and had a dragon headthe front, which could shoot out smoke or cannon balls.
李舜臣将军也是龟船的发明人。这种船以单顶覆盖,使敌人无法登陆,船头装有龙头,可射出烟雾和炮弹。
Admiral Yi was evencredited by Japanese Admiral, Tetsutaro Sato, where he chose AdmiralYi over Lord Nelson as the better military Commander:
李舜臣甚至也被日本的将领们所铭记。日本海军将官,佐滕哲太郎就认为,李舜臣是比纳尔逊更厉害的将领。他是这么说的:
“Throughouthistory there have been few generals accomplished at the tactics of frontalattack, sudden attack, concentration and dilation. Napoleon, who mastered theart of conquering the part with the whole, can be held tohave been such a general, and among admirals, two further tactical geniuses maybe named: in the East, Yi Sun-sin of Korea, and in the West, Horatio Nelson ofEngland. Undoubtedly, Yi is a supreme naval commander even on the basis of thelimited literature of the Seven-Year War, and despite the fact that his braveryand brilliance are not known to the West, since he had the misfortune to beborn in Joseon Dynasty. Anyone who can be compared to Yi should be better thanMichiel de Ruyter from the Netherlands. Nelson is far behind Yi in terms ofpersonal character and integrity. Yi was the inventor of the covered warshipknown as the turtle ship. He was a truly great commander and a master of thenaval tactics of three hundred years ago.”
“在历史中只有极少的几位将领通晓正面进攻、奇袭、集中于扩张兵力的奥妙。拿破仑最精通进攻一项,大概可以算作一位。而在海军之中,有两位战术天才也值得 一提:在东方,就是朝鲜的李舜臣;在西方,就是英格兰的纳尔逊。无可怀疑的是,即使记录壬辰战争的文字是那么有限,而且因为出生在朝鲜王朝,他本人的勇气 与智慧在西方又那么不为人所知,李舜臣也堪称是一位顶级的海军将领。李舜臣这样的人物远超尼德兰的Michiel de Ruyter,甚至是纳尔逊,在个人品质和廉正方面也不及李舜臣。李舜臣也是龟船的发明者。他确实是一位真正出色的将领,也是三百年前的海战战术大师。”
Today, Admiral Yi isremembered as Korea’s greatest hero, and the one of the greatest militaryleaders in history.
在今天韩国(朝鲜)人的心目中,李舜臣是最伟大的英雄,也是史上最伟大的军事将领之一。 |
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