Editing Combined Fleet (section)

===Russo-Japanese War (1904–05)===
[[File:Togo Heihachiro in uniform.jpg|thumb|left|Admiral [[Tōgō Heihachirō]], commander-in-chief of the Combined Fleet during the [[Russo-Japanese War]].]]
The Combined Fleet was re-formed during the [[Russo-Japanese War]] of 1904–05 to provide a unified overall command for the three separate fleets in the Imperial Japanese Navy. The [[1st Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|1st Fleet]] was the main [[battleship]] force, which formed the backbone of the navy and was intended to be used in a traditional [[line of battle]] showdown with an equivalent enemy battleship fleet (''[[Kantai Kessen]]''). The [[2nd Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|2nd Fleet]] was a fast, mobile strike force with [[armored cruiser]]s and [[protected cruiser]]s. The [[Third Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|3rd Fleet]] was primarily a reserve fleet of obsolete vessels considered too weak for front-line combat service, but which could still be used in the operation to [[Battle of Port Arthur|blockade Port Arthur]]. Admiral [[Tōgō Heihachirō]] was [[commander-in-chief]] of the Combined Fleet during the Russo-Japanese War.