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'''Qiu Heng''' (May 16 1896-July 18 1964) was a [[Daxia]]n military officer and politician who served as the second president of the [[Daxia|Republic of Daxia]] from 1951 to 1964; succeeding his old comrade and superior, General [[Dai Hanjian]]. Qiu Heng was a recipient of the several military awards throught his career including the highest attainable existing one, the [[Medal of the Republic (Daxia)|Medal of the Republic]]. He joined the army in 1913 and participated in the 1916 suppression of the [[Liyuan peasant uprising]] and served in [[Rusana]] during the [[Al-Dukir War]]. During the [[Second Great War]] he commanded [[Daxia]]n forces during the [[Battle of Ayermer (1936)]] and became a national figure after its successful conclusion. The disappointing lack of progress on other [[Daxia]]n fronts and the unchecked popular growth of socialism under the indolent gaze of [[Hongli|Emperor Hongli]] led him to side with his friend [[Dai Hanjian]] and together they overthrew the imperial system during the [[Glorious Revolt]]; he became second in command of the military junta that was formed to rule the nation. | '''Qiu Heng''' (May 16 1896-July 18 1964) was a [[Daxia]]n military officer and politician who served as the second president of the [[Daxia|Republic of Daxia]] from 1951 to 1964; succeeding his old comrade and superior, General [[Dai Hanjian]]. Qiu Heng was a recipient of the several military awards throught his career including the highest attainable existing one, the [[Medal of the Republic (Daxia)|Medal of the Republic]]. He joined the army in 1913 and participated in the 1916 suppression of the [[Liyuan peasant uprising]] and served in [[Rusana]] during the [[Al-Dukir War]]. During the [[Second Great War]] he commanded [[Daxia]]n forces during the [[Battle of Ayermer (1936)]] and became a national figure after its successful conclusion. The disappointing lack of progress on other [[Daxia]]n fronts and the unchecked popular growth of socialism under the indolent gaze of [[Hongli|Emperor Hongli]] led him to side with his friend [[Dai Hanjian]] and together they overthrew the imperial system during the [[Glorious Revolt]]; he became second in command of the military junta that was formed to rule the nation. | ||
In 1947 he was promoted to Chieft of Staff of the armed forces and oversaw the rebuilding of Daxia's military might. As president he guided the transition from a purely military regime to a hybrid one with the creation of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|National Reconstruction Front]] and extended the latters political dominance and networks of patronage. A lifelong opponent of socialist thought, he fiercely persecuted leftists throught his tenure. In 1962 he orchestrated the [[Daxia]]n intervention in the long running [[Rusani Civil War]] known as the Little Incursion that swung the battlefield fortunes of the NCDP and allowed it to prevail by 1965. | In 1947 he was promoted to Chieft of Staff of the armed forces and oversaw the rebuilding and expansion of Daxia's military might. As president he guided the transition from a purely military regime to a hybrid one with the creation of the [[National Reconstruction Front (Daxia)|National Reconstruction Front]] and extended the latters political dominance and networks of patronage. A lifelong opponent of socialist thought, he fiercely persecuted leftists throught his tenure. In 1962 he orchestrated the [[Daxia]]n intervention in the long running [[Rusani Civil War]] known as the Little Incursion that swung the battlefield fortunes of the NCDP and allowed it to prevail by 1965. | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
==Military career== | ==Military career== | ||