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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 1922 after their last stronghold near the Barpubad border was reduced to rubble by Daxian batteries. Qiu Heng secured an appointment as adjutant to [[Daxia]]'s military attache to the court of Lakdu where he stayed until 1926. His experiences in southern [[Rusana]] would be very helpful to Qiu Heng thirty years later when he organized the [[Little Incursion]]. On his return to [[Daxia]] he married a cousin of his friend [[Dai Hanjian]], cementing an alliance between the two men that would serve him well in later years. | 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 1922 after their last stronghold near the Barpubad border was reduced to rubble by Daxian batteries. Qiu Heng secured an appointment as adjutant to [[Daxia]]'s military attache to the court of Lakdu where he stayed until 1926. His experiences in southern [[Rusana]] would be very helpful to Qiu Heng thirty years later when he organized the [[Little Incursion]]. On his return to [[Daxia]] he married a cousin of his friend [[Dai Hanjian]], cementing an alliance between the two men that would serve him well in later years. | ||
===Second Great War=== | ===Second Great War=== | ||
The outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] did not take the imperial government by surprise, a general conflagration in [[Sarpedon]] was expected from a revanchist [[Caphiria]]. Starting in 1936 the [[Daxia]]n government joined efforts to cobble together the [[National-Continental Co-Belligerency League]] with a strong emphasis on pushing [[Burgundie]] out of the continent for good. [[Daxia]]'s first focus was the liberation of the island of [[Cheun|Ayermer]], an island close to the mainland that had been occupied by [[Burgundie]] for two hundred years that the Qian saw as a sword aimed at them. By this time Qiu Heng was one of the youngest | The outbreak of the [[Second Great War]] did not take the imperial government by surprise, a general conflagration in [[Sarpedon]] was expected from a revanchist [[Caphiria]]. Starting in 1936 the [[Daxia]]n government joined efforts to cobble together the [[National-Continental Co-Belligerency League]] with a strong emphasis on pushing [[Burgundie]] out of the continent for good. [[Daxia]]'s first focus was the liberation of the island of [[Cheun|Ayermer]], an island close to the mainland that had been occupied by [[Burgundie]] for two hundred years that the Qian saw as a sword aimed at them. By this time Qiu Heng was one of the youngest generals in the army, thanks in part to connections made during his service in [[Rusana]] and the patronage of General Dai Ju, one of the strong men of the Qian army establishment. An operation was meticulously planned to take [[Cheun|Ayermer]] in the autumn to coincide with a number of uprisings in [[Burgundie]]'s colonies across the continent that would draw up their resources and attention. Qiu Heng was selected by high command to take charge of the ground elements involved in the operation, some seventy thousand men divided in four divisions and one volunteer [[Zaclaria]]n brigade. [[Daxia]] declared war on the 28 of september of 1934, the attack on the island began early the next day. | ||
===Glorious Revolt and Republic=== | ===Glorious Revolt and Republic=== | ||
===Chief of Staff=== | ===Chief of Staff=== | ||