Tsushima is interpreted here as the product of preparation extending five or six years before the battle. Tōgō combined current artillery thinking, intelligence, logistics, and practiced crews into a deliberately shaped engagement. Crossing the Russian line let Japanese guns exploit the geometry he had sought. The design also reflects an officer who began his military life commanding artillery and had decades to form his own ideas about firepower.
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The artilleryman's preparation for Tsushima
Tōgō's early artillery experience and years organizing the Standing Fleet culminated in a battle designed around prepared gunnery and crossing the Russian line.