The course of the Russo-Japanese War, known to everyone, began to change at the very beginning. The arrival of Rear Admiral Virenius's detachment in the Far East significantly strengthened the forces of the 1st Pacific Squadron, over which Admiral Makarov took command. And the war went according to other patterns, the Russian fleet was by no means a "whipping boy" as described by those who wished defeat in the war to their own fatherland for the sake of their own, often selfish interests. But there will be no "small victorious war" - in order to rightfully have its "place in the sun," the Russian Empire must go through the war and carry out the necessary reforms. And first of all, get rid of those who, considering themselves an elite, serve the enemy...