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==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||
===Early military service=== | ===Early military service=== | ||
Upon graduation in 1917 from the academy with high honors, Heng was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the lead a platoon as part of the 2nd artillery batallion based at Taiqiu near the border with [[Rusana|Lakdu]]. In 1918 his batallion was called into action alongside the rest of the of the 11th artillery regiment in suppressing an armed peasant uprising in [[Liyuan]]. Heng demonstrated quick thinking and bravery under fire and his unit served well in the seven months it took to defeat the peasant movement. He received two battlefield promotions to captain, one officer was killed in action and the other one reportedly fell down a set of stairs while drunk and broke his neck. Now leading his own artillery company he was sent in 1920 to the Emirate of Lakdu as part of the forces sent in support of Emir Abdul Razik who was battling the Al-Dukir tribe. With Barpubad's support the Al-Dukir tribal chiefs sought to overthrow Abdul Razik and put one of their own as emir; Razik however was a [[Daxia|Qian]] client and secured the court's support through a large monetary bribe. The war to defeat the Al- | Upon graduation in 1917 from the academy with high honors, Heng was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant. He was assigned to the lead a platoon as part of the 2nd artillery batallion based at Taiqiu near the border with [[Rusana|Lakdu]]. In 1918 his batallion was called into action alongside the rest of the of the 11th artillery regiment in suppressing an armed peasant uprising in [[Liyuan]]. Heng demonstrated quick thinking and bravery under fire and his unit served well in the seven months it took to defeat the peasant movement. He received two battlefield promotions to captain, one officer was killed in action and the other one reportedly fell down a set of stairs while drunk and broke his neck. Now leading his own artillery company he was sent in 1920 to the Emirate of Lakdu as part of the forces sent in support of Emir Abdul Razik who was battling the Al-Dukir tribe. With Barpubad's support the Al-Dukir tribal chiefs sought to overthrow Abdul Razik and put one of their own as emir; Razik however was a [[Daxia|Qian]] client and secured the court's support through a large monetary bribe. The war to defeat the Al-Dukirs was brutal and devolved into guerrilla warfare as the tribesmen fought as irregulars and their forces blended very well with the populace. The Al-Dukirs were defeated in 1921 after their last stronghold near the Barpubad border was reduced to rubble by Qiu Heng's batteries. Qiu Heng secured an appointment as adjutant to [[Daxia]]'s military attache to the court of Lakdu where he stayed until 1925. His experiences in southern [[Rusana]] would be very helpful to Qiu Heng thirty years later when he organized the [[Little Incursion]]. | ||
===Second Great War=== | ===Second Great War=== | ||
===Glorious Revolt and Republic=== | ===Glorious Revolt and Republic=== | ||
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===National Reconstruction Front=== | ===National Reconstruction Front=== | ||
===Persecution of communists=== | ===Persecution of communists=== | ||
===The Little | ===The Little Incursion=== | ||
==Final years== | ==Final years== | ||
==Personal life== | ==Personal life== | ||