 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mukati mehondo yeRusso-Japanese, Hondo yechitatu yeJapan yakanga ichikomba Port Arthur. Nepo kutorwa kwePort Arthur kwakanga kwaitwa mukurwisa kumwe chete mukati meHondo Yokutanga yeChina neJapan, mamiriro ezvinhu akanga akasiyana muna 1904. VaRussia vakanga vava nePort Arthur kubvira muna 1897 uye vakanga vavaka masvingo akasimba akapoteredza guta racho vachitevera zvirongwa zvaGeneral Eduard Totleben. Pashure pokurwiswa kukuru kwokutanga muna August 1904 uye kurasikirwa navanhu vanopfuura 16 000, Mukuru Mukuru Nogi, mukuru mukuru wemauto eJapane, akakumbira pfuti huru dzokukomba. Nekusvika kwebhatiri rekutanga re28 cm howitzers, kutsiva avo vakarasika apo kutakura Hitachi Maru, yakatakurwa nebato reFirst Reserve Regiment yeVarindi, yakanyudzwa nemaRussia cruisers muHitachi Maru Chiitiko musi waJune 15, 1904, mamiriro ezvinhu akachinja. Zviridzwa zvacho zvikuru, zvaisvika masendimita gumi nerimwe, zvaikwanisa kupfura pfuti yairema makirogiramu 217 pamusoro pemakiromita 7.8, uye Nogi akanga ava nesimba rokupfura raidiwa kuti aedze zvakakomba kurwisa masvingo eRussia. Madota makuru akatumidzwa zita rokuti zvitima zvinodzvova nemauto eRussia nokuda kweruzha rwaaiita nguva pfupi isati yarova, uye mukati menguva yawo paPort Arthur anopfuura 16.949 emadota aya akapfurwa. 