The film is about the exploits of the cruiser's crew engaged in an unequal battle during the Russo-Japanese War.
On January 26, 1904 at 23:35 the Japanese fleet, without declaring war, massively attacked the ships anchored in the outer harbor of Port Arthur. And 12 hours later, on January 27, 1904 at 11:45, 250 kilometers from Port Arthur in the Chemulpo Gulf, two Russian ships will fight to the death: the cruiser "Varangian" and the gunboat "Korean". Two against fourteen... One hundred and fifty-five guns against forty-three...
