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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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==Notable Battles==
Regardless of their crews’ attitudes or affectations, when Hydras roll into battle they can make all the difference to an [[Astra Militarum]] army. On [[Sarentos III]], during the battle of the [[Sandsea]], the [[Cadian 1652nd Armoured]] were tasked with breaking the [[Necron]] line. Roaring across the dunes, the [[Leman Russ Battle Tank|Leman Russ]] squadrons of the 1652nd directed a withering rain of fire into their deathless foes. Great geysers of crimson sand were blown high into the air as the Necron line disintegrated before the tankers’ armoured charge. Then came the [[Doom Scythe]]s. Screaming over the battlefield on howling repulsor-jets, several wings of the ominous alien craft began to strafe the Imperial tanks with the glowing beams of their death rays. Flames billowed and black smoke gouted forth as first one Leman Russ and then another exploded. Thoughwell Though well prepared and outfitted for ground warfare, the Cadians were fighting without the military support of the aerial formations of the [[Aeronautica Imperialis|Aeronautica Imperialis]], meaning they had no aircraft of their own to intercept this threat in the sky.{{Fn|8}}
For a perilous moment it appeared as though the 1652nd would be hurled back in disarray – but their commander had issued his own call for reinforcements. Barrelling over the crest of a nearby dune came three Hydras, tracks churning spumes of sand in their wake. The flak tanks marked their speeding targets and opened fire, filling the sky with fury. One after another, the Necron attack craft were riddled with holes. Driven by eldritch technology, the living metal of the ancient xenos flyers began to writhe, moving to fill in the gaping rents. Yet no matter how fast the puncture wounds were resealed, the Hydras’ quad autocannons continued to savage their targets. Flurries of sparks and crackling green lightning wreathed the hulls of the Doom Scythes as they plummeted to the dunes below, tumbling end over end and exploding with enormous force. As the last of the enemy aircraft turned tail and fled, the surviving tanks of the 1652nd pushed forward again, their route to victory now covered by the watchful guns of the Hydras.{{Fn|8}}
