 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakutanga kweHondo yeRussia neJapan, Azuma yakapiwa kuDhivhizheni yechipiri ye2nd Fleet. Yakapinda muHondo yePort ArthurMusi wa9 Kukadzi 1904, apo Mutevedzeri waAdmiral Tōgō Heihachirō akatungamirira Combined Fleet mukurwisa ngarava dzeRussia dzePacific Squadron dzakasungwa kunze kwePort Arthur. Tōgō akanga achitarisira kuti kurwisa kwehusiku kunoshamisa kwevanoparadza kwaizobudirira zvikuru kupfuura zvazvakanga zvakaita, achitarisira kuti vaRussia vaizova vasina kurongeka uye vasina kusimba, asi vakanga vapora kubva pakushamiswa kwavo uye vakanga vakagadzirira kurwisa kwake. Ngarava dzeJapan dzakaonekwa nengarava yaidzivirirwa, iyo yakanga ichifambira pamhenderekedzo yegungwa ndokuzivisa vaRussia. Tōgō akasarudza kurwisa kuzvidzivirira kwemhenderekedzo dzegungwa dzeRussia nezvombo zvake zvikuru uye kurwisa ngarava nezvombo zvake zvechipiri. Kupatsanura kupfura kwake kwakaratidzika kuva chisarudzo chisina kunaka sezvo pfuti dzeJapan dzakasvika masendimita masere nematanhatu dzakakonzera kukuvadza kuduku pazvikepe zveRussia, izvo zvakaisa moto wavo wose pazvikepe zveJapan nemigumisiro yakati. Kunyange zvazvo ngarava zhinji pamativi ose ari maviri dzakarohwa, vaRussia vakafa vakaverengwa vanenge 150, nepo vaJapan vakatambura vanenge 90 vakaurawa uye vakakuvadzwa Tōgō asati abviswa. 