The Japanese Navy vowed to slaughter the Tang Empire and take revenge.

However, if Japan is more than 10,000 kilometers away from the Tang Dynasty, if the main force of the huge joint fleet wants to expedition the Tang Empire, according to Kobayashi's plan to become Lieutenant General, the joint fleet will use six battleships, six heavy cruisers, eight light cruisers, seventeen destroyers, and eleven submarines, including the Akagi and Kaga aircraft carriers, the Nodoro and the Karma seaplane carriers, as well as dozens of auxiliary ships of large and small, large and small, as well as dozens of auxiliary ships of large and small, as well as fifteen warships carrying 20,000 Japanese Marines and a large number of artillery heavy weapons and equipment.

Due to the many low-speed ships, the average speed of the Combined Fleet is only about 12 to 15 knots, and it takes one month to sail. However, the North Pacific region has entered a rainy and hurricane season, and the weather will greatly affect the fleet's navigation speed.

At the same time, the joint fleet expedition requires various preparations, whether the funds are in place, major inspections of weapons and equipment before the war, various ammunition replenishment, personnel transfer, etc., and it is not enough to prepare without a month.

But international public opinion is on the side of the Tang Empire. Britain and the United States imposed high-pressure policies on Japan because of their military officers being shot by Japanese ships, trying to prevent the Japanese military from taking further military actions.

The most important thing is that there are different opinions within the Japanese military. It is mainly focused on whether the large-scale conquest of the Tang Dynasty can obtain the expected political, military and economic interests. In the face of domestic and foreign public opinion, defeating the small Tang Empire will not win applause. If it is inexplicably wiped out like the Ono Shisanidi fleet, the Japanese Imperial Navy will no longer be able to withstand huge military and reputational losses. If something happens to the main force of the joint fleet again, it will cause a serious blow to the entire Asia-Pacific hegemony of the Japanese Empire.

Although most of the Japanese military agreed to this operation, these factors will inevitably not affect the actual implementation effect. In the end, it will take more than three months to launch a powerful maritime offensive against the Tang Empire at the earliest, and any variables will occur within these three months, and at the same time, the Tang Empire will prepare for a series of war preparations.

After learning that the Japanese military made a wild statement that it wanted to slaughter the Tang Empire, Zhang Meng just smiled faintly.

The last momentum of the powerful crossbow cannot penetrate Lu silk.

Zhang Meng has already made the worst plan. At worst, he can start farming and development after dying together.

Zhang Meng didn't care at all, so he was able to analyze the current situation more calmly and make reasonable judgments.

A Boeing 247D aircraft from the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire and marked with the special logo of Air Force One slowly landed on the Nadi Airport.

Nadi Airport is located on the western plains of Viti Island and is the only airport in Fiji.

The airport is very ordinary and has a simple runway. Every year, except for the British reconnaissance planes landing here during patrol, there are basically no other aircraft landing here.

Zhang Meng is a regular visitor here, and his Air Force One often comes to visit.

Zhang Meng knew that in fifty years, this place would become the largest international airport in the Central Pacific. However, Zhang Meng now plans to change this airport to the first overseas air force base of the Tang Empire, so that the Tang army's aircraft could take off from here to attack the Japanese Navy's side and rear wings, reducing the military pressure on the local defense of the Tang Empire.

However, Zhang Meng encountered some difficulties.

He had previously visited Suva, the capital of Fiji, and negotiated with British High Commissioner in the Central Pacific Bain on the loan of Nadi Airport.

Bain has been asking Zhang Meng for a lot of money. According to his words, there is no problem in principle, but this time it requires the consent of the British government. After all, Zhang Meng's purpose of renting Nadi Airport is very clear, which is to use Nadi Airport as an air force base to attack the Japanese Navy that came to attack the Tang Empire.

Since Britain did not want to be involved in the Tang-Japanese War, once the Japanese knew about the Nadi Airport being leased to the Tang Empire, Britain would face great political risks. Britain shrank its troops in Asia and has always avoided direct conflicts with the expanding Japanese Empire. Therefore, when Bain submitted the matter to the Downing Street Council for discussion, the MacDonald cabinet flatly refused.

With Zhang Meng's relationship with McDonald, Zhang Meng was very unhappy. In response, McDonald appeased Zhang Meng and said that Britain and the United States were putting pressure on Japan, planning to interfere in the Tang and Japan war and mediate as intermediaries. McDonald insisted that as long as the Tang Empire gave the Japanese some benefits, the Japanese Navy Combined Fleet might not be expeditioning the Tang Empire.

MacDonald asked Zhang Meng to wait patiently, but Zhang Meng knew very well that the Japanese military would not obey the words of the Japanese cabinet. Since the Japanese Navy made a wild statement and wanted to slaughter the Tang Empire, they would definitely take action. If they were really forced to sit down and negotiate, at least the Japanese lost one-quarter of the main fleet in the Battle of Matawutu, and tens of thousands of elite Japanese navy were killed. This huge cost would at least allow the Tang Empire to compensate more than one billion US dollars to be enough.

Obviously, Zhang Meng had an insight into McDonald's trick. If he accepted mediation between Britain and the United States, it would be based on the sacrifice of the interests of the Tang Empire. With Zhang Meng's personality, he has never suffered any losses. It would be a dream to ask Zhang Meng to bleed and compensate the Japanese.

Zhang Meng sternly rejected McDonald's proposal. The two of them parted in disagreement for the first time and both hung up the phone. Zhang Meng knew in his heart that after the Battle of Matawutu, the British had already begun to worry about the threat of the Tang Empire. After all, the military strength of the Tang Empire was enough to make the British government nervous after being able to destroy an elite Japanese naval fleet.

On the surface, the mediation was taken as Britain was to protect the Tang Empire and appease other protectors under the Commonwealth. In fact, Britain was worried that the Tang Empire would become bigger in the Central Pacific and endanger the British Empire's rule over the region, so it planned to weaken the power of the Tang Empire at the same time.

This is the British's strategy of killing two birds with one stone, and Zhang Meng naturally saw it clearly.

However, no one can stop Zhang Meng’s decision in his heart, otherwise even if the Buddha blocks and kills the Buddhas and gods block and kills the gods.

After receiving McDonald's order, Bain refused to rent Nadi Airport to the Royal Air Force of the Tang Empire for use, which immediately touched Zhang Meng's reverse scale.

Since you British people are uneasy, don’t blame me Zhang Meng for being merciless!

Zhang Meng smiled slightly, raised his lips slightly, revealing a semi-white teeth that were signature.

The captain of the guard Yang Yi came over and happened to see Zhang Meng's signature smile.

It seems that someone is going to be in trouble again!

Yang Yi smiled slightly and stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, you can get off the plane. The leader of the Wuanireva tribe, Latu Tveta Uluyilakeba, is here to welcome you in person."

Zhang Meng nodded and stood up. Xiao Zhao, who was accompanying him, immediately stepped forward and tidied up Zhang Meng's clothes quickly.

Although Fiji is a British colony, the British mainly adopted the ruling strategy of Fiji. Fiji had 17 great chiefs, ruling 460,000 Fiji and 330,000 Indians. The population of other races was less than 10,000 in Fiji, including 300 British troops and more than 2,000 European immigrants and descendants.

The Vuanireva tribe is the largest chief tribe in Fiji, controlling the entire Viti Island, with a population of 340,000, of which the Fiji population is 320,000. The leader is Latu-Teveta-Ulu-Irakeba (the name is too long and referred to as Latu).

The entire Fiji land area is only about 18,000 square kilometers, with a total of 322 islands, the largest of which is Viti Island controlled by Latour, with more than 10,000 square kilometers. There are 29 peaks on the island that are 1,000 meters high. The Tomanivi Peak in the north is 1,424 meters above sea level, which is the highest peak in Fiji. The largest Reva River in Fiji is also on the island.

The mountainous areas in the central and northern part of the island are rich in mineral resources such as gold, silver, manganese, and dense forests. They have large areas of sugarcane planting and sugar production areas. However, most of them have been bought from Latu by Zhang Meng for money. Currently, all mines, sugarcane plantations and sugar factories on Viti Island are owned by Zhang Meng, and Latu provides manpower for Zhang Meng to use, and the two share the profits equally. Among them, Vatukoula in the north has a gold mining area with a gold reserve of 450 tons. It was first developed in the 1930s. It was originally owned by the British United Mining Company, but it has been merged by Zhang Meng's Datang Third Heavy Industry.
Chapter completed!