Port Arthur-Tokyo. Chernov A.B.

If the enemy does not give up, he is destroyed. Or they are forced to the world, if not a thirst for revenge and robbery, but political pragmatism and human humanity prevail among the motivating motives of the winning side. Having gained the victory in the general battle of the Fleets at Cape Shantung, avoiding the bloody, destructive consequences of the Gapon Troubles, St. Petersburg unexpectedly proposed Tokyo Mir on the conditions honorable for the defeated side.

However, the generous offer of Russians is rejected. The army elite achieved from Emperor Mutsuhito the decision to continue to fight. The first serious defeat on land, near Liaoyan, does not change his position. But delaying the war is not in the interests of Russia. And the king approves two impudent operations proposed by the headquarters of the Pacific Fleet. Rudnev's squadron will have to attack the forts of the Tokyo Bay and the landing of the Guards Expeditionary Corps for the capture of the capital of Japan. At the same time, thirty torpedo boats should strike at the enemy fleet right in its main base - Sasebo.