Dark clouds were in the sky over the Coral Sea, and on the sea 35 kilometers off the west coast of the main island of Fiji, dozens of warships from the First Aircraft Carrier Battle Group of the Royal Navy of the Tang Empire were densely moored there.

Four Tenno-class aircraft carriers are arranged in a diamond shape in the center of the entire fleet, surrounded by light cruisers symmetrically deployed, and the outermost part is a destroyer that serves as a guard patrol.

The first aircraft carrier battle group of the Tang Royal Navy appeared in the Coral Sea, and those who didn't know thought that they were going to sneak here and then surprise the Japanese Combined Fleet from behind. In fact, the maiden battle of the Tang Royal Navy aircraft carrier battle group was not fought against the Japanese Combined Fleet, but against the natives of Fiji.

Since Zhang Meng was dissatisfied with the British's support for the Tang Dynasty, he used his own way of doing things to cooperate with Fiji's largest chief, Latu. Zhang Meng supported Latu with a large number of advanced weapons and equipment, and in just three months, he helped Grand Chief Latour train a thousand troops with modern equipment.

In the early hours of December 17, 1931, Latour's army stormed the British barracks at Sika, and the 500 British troops, armed only with Lifield rifles, were quickly defeated by the Filipino troops armed with M1 submachine guns, and most of the British surrendered, with only 17 killed.

Latour's army then easily captured the British-controlled capital of Suva, and seized the British High Commissioner to the Central Pacific, Bain, to end the British colonization of Fiji.

As the largest chieftain in Fiji, Latu was originally afraid of many tribal chiefs to confront him. However, they thought that Latour was no match for the British, and now that he had offended the British, he would soon be retaliated against by the British.

No one thought that Latour would be able to stop the British from retaliating, so none of the big chiefs came forward to support Latour, much to his annoyance, and he decided to eliminate the other tribal chiefs and truly unify Fiji.

The British had been very dissatisfied with Latour's private sublease of Fiji's only airport to the Tang Empire, and if it weren't for the fact that Latour was the largest chief in Fiji, they would have done it to him if they didn't want to turn their faces directly with him. The British repeatedly persuaded Latour to give up, and at the same time pressured Zhang Meng to give up the idea of establishing an air base in Fiji to attack the Japanese navy.

Bain even had to inform the Japanese about Zhang Meng's establishment of an air base in Fiji at one point, so as to put pressure on Zhang Meng and prevent the Japanese from making trouble for the British.

However, Zhang Meng has been procrastinating on Bane's response, as soon as Bane called Zhang Meng, Zhang Meng said to solve the problem immediately, but the word "immediately" has been dragging on until the outbreak of the August 15 incident. The British's attention shifted to northeastern China, and Zhang Meng was able to continue building an air base in Fiji.

But Latour did not understand international politics, he just saw that the British did not embarrass him on the airport issue, thinking that the British were really afraid of him, so he immediately advanced Jihua and directly overthrew the British colonial rule in Fiji.

Annoyed by Latour's actions, the British gathered troops in Australia and New Zealand in preparation for a counterattack on Fiji, and quickly approached the other Great Chiefs of Fiji and demanded that they immediately attack the army of Grand Chief Latour.

The British were cunning, they knew that Latour's army had advanced weaponry, and it would take time for the British army to assemble for a counteroffensive. Therefore, they ordered the other great chieftains of Fiji to organize an army to attack Latu's army, so as to test the combat effectiveness of Latu's army, which could consume both Latu's army and the armies of other tribal leaders.

Latour did not expect that the big chiefs of other tribes would send troops to attack him, especially the population of the Indian race, the second largest ethnic group in Fiji, accounted for more than 40% of the total population of Fiji, and the strength of the largest Indian chieftain Maddie was second only to Latu, and he also had nearly a thousand troops under his command, and after the British supplemented him with a large number of weapons and equipment, he immediately expanded more than 5,000 people to attack Latu.

Latour's army consisted of only 1,000 men, and although the weapons and equipment were advanced, and the combat effectiveness of the Tang army was stronger than that of other tribal armies, Latu's lack of strategic acumen and only thought about occupying territory resulted in the dispersion of his forces, and he was quickly defeated by Madi's Indian army.

Because Zhang Meng transported millions of refugees from Northeast China to the refugee area where he had reached an agreement with Latu in Fiji, although Zhang Meng's excuse was very strong, and he assured Latu that he would soon be transferred to Datang for resettlement, Latu was still very worried that these refugees would completely leave and occupy Fiji.

Latu had a bit of an unpleasant quarrel with Zhang Meng over this incident, and at this time his army was defeated by Madi's Indians one after another, suffering hundreds of casualties. Latu had no choice but to concede to Zhang Meng on the issue of the refugee area in exchange for Zhang Meng's greater support for him.

In order to ensure the safety of the refugee area, Zhang Meng once again provided a large number of weapons and equipment to Latu, and helped Latu temporarily form an army of 3,000 people to resist the attack of the Madi army.

However, both sides are half a pound against eight taels, and the battle line has been deadlocked.

The more time passed, the more detrimental it was to Latour, as the British would soon mobilize troops from Australia and New Zealand. Latu also realized this, so he asked Zhang Meng to send troops to help.

Zhang Meng was very hesitant to send troops to Fiji, because doing so would tear his face with the British, which would not be beneficial to Zhang Meng and Datang.

However, Latu did not give Zhang Meng time to think about it at all, and he deliberately ordered the withdrawal of troops in the northern part of the refugee area, with the result that Madi's Indian army rushed into the border of the refugee area. Because Maddie sided with the British and did not recognize Latour's agreement with Zhang Meng, his Indian army entered the refugee area, killing and wounding eleven Chinese refugees.

Zhang Meng was immediately furious, and he also had an excuse for military intervention.

Therefore, Zhang Meng urgently ordered the first aircraft carrier battle group of the Tang Royal Navy to sail to the vicinity of Fiji, and sent 3,000 marines to the refugee area to protect the safety of the Chinese.

The opportunity is rare.

On the one hand, Zhang Meng wants to expand the scope of the refugee area, because the original refugee area is no longer enough. On the other hand, they also want to train their troops with the indigenous people of Fiji, because although the Datang aircraft carrier battle group has been established, the real combat effectiveness lies in the carrier-based aircraft and pilots, and they have not yet had the actual combat experience of taking off and landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier to kill the enemy.

Two battalions of the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Marine Division of the Datang Corps quickly marched into Fiji in the name of protecting the diaspora, and when they landed, they were resisted by Maddy's army. However, compared with the Tang Army, whether it is weapons and equipment or combat effectiveness, these Indian Asans are too far behind.

The Royal Navy of the Tang Dynasty quickly dispatched fleet warships to cover the landing operation. However, before most of the warships arrived, the destroyer Fengyue, which was the first to arrive, fired only two shots and blasted away the Indians, and the landing force quickly rushed ashore.