<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ekupheleni kukaMay, i-Second Pacific Squadron yayisemkhawulweni wokugcina wohambo lwayo oluya eVladivostok, ithatha indlela emfushane, eyingozi phakathi kweKorea neJapane, futhi ihamba ebusuku ukuze igweme ukutholakala. Ngeshwa lamaRashiya, nakuba ayehambisana nemithetho yempi, imikhumbi emibili yezibhedlela eyayilandela yaqhubeka nokukhanyisa izibani zayo, ezabonwa umkhumbi wamaJapane ohamba ngezindiza iShinano Maru. Ukuxhumana okungenantambo kwasetshenziselwa ukwazisa indlunkulu yaseTogo, lapho i-Combined Fleet yayalelwa khona ngokushesha ukuba ihambe. Njengoba babesaqhubeka bethola imibiko evela emabuthweni okuhlola, amaJapane akwazi ukubeka imikhumbi yawo ukuze iwele u - T wemikhumbi yaseRussia. AmaJapane alwa namaRashiya eStraits Tsushima ngomhlaka 27-28 Meyi 1905. Imikhumbi yempi yaseRussia yacishe yachithwa, yalahlekelwa imikhumbi yempi eyisishiyagalombili, imikhumbi emincane eminingi, namadoda angaphezu kuka - 5 000, kuyilapho amaJapane alahlekelwa imikhumbi ye - torpedo emithathu namadoda angu - 116. Imikhumbi emithathu kuphela yaseRussia eyabalekela eVladivostok, kuyilapho eminye eyisithupha yayiboshwe emachwebeni angathathi hlangothi. Ngemva kweMpi YaseTsushima, ibutho elihlangene lezempi laseJapane nelasolwandle lathatha isiQhingi saseSakhalin  <response>: ukuphoqelela abaseRussia ukuba bafake isicelo sokuthula. 