The fierce naval confrontation in the Far East has come to a decisive turning point. If the Russian sailors can unite the squadrons of Makarov, Chukhnin and Rudnev, having assembled a ship group on Port Arthur raids, numerically and qualitatively superior to the Combined Fleet of Admiral Togo, the Japanese will have practically no prospects for victory in the war. Meanwhile, off the east coast of the Land of the Rising Sun, Admiral Bezobrazov's ships are cruising on the enemy's trade communications, using secret anchorages of the islands of the Mariana archipelago and coal from the steamers of the German company Albert Ballin. The loss of ships, their cargo and the skyrocketing cost of freight promise catastrophic consequences for the island state. However, the Japanese navy is not defeated. Her army in Manchuria is not defeated. And although sober heads in Tokyo are already well aware that in the current scenario, the war with their country has been completely and irrevocably lost, because of the samurai stubbornness of the imperial generals, hostilities continue with increasing bitterness.