The idea of simultaneous combat in different geographical locations of two Russian squadrons and a separate detachment of ships with the Japanese fleet, proposed by Rudnev, could lead to victory in the war. Admiral Togo is forced to divide his forces, and at the Eliot Islands, Makarov's seven battleships are opposed by only four enemy ones. At the same time, near the Sangar Strait, the armored cruisers of Rudnev clash chest to chest with a formidable enemy - the squadron of Admiral Kamimura. It was beautifully conceived. Only the outcome of the battles does not please our naval commanders: the enemy did not suffer fatal losses, and the Russian fleet is still divided into the Port Arthur and Vladivostok squadrons. Our enemy is brave and steadfast, and the goddess of fortune is still on the side of the Japanese. But reinforcements gathered in the Baltic and Black Sea under the flags of Chukhnin and Bezobrazov are already on their way to the theater of hostilities. And in order to decisively win, without relying further on changeable fortune, the command of the Russian Pacific Fleet needs to unite the efforts of all its squadrons, not allowing the Japanese to defeat them one by one.