Spy-x-War Showdown
Chapter 407 - 395: Rote Memorization

Chapter 407: Chapter 395: Rote Memorization

Life with cheats needs no explanation.

Zhang Yong couldn’t even manage to cheat in a one-on-one with Pasanin, but Yang Yi didn’t compete with anyone, yet the built-in cheat device in his brain made Paul question his own life.

For four consecutive days, Yang Yi hadn’t seen the sun, and the perpetual night was already starting to depress him, but what was most fatal was that the generator wasn’t always on, so most of the time there was no light in Yang Yi’s room.

Although Yang Yi was someone who could spend seven days in solitary confinement without issue, the continuous nights were making him feel almost depressed.

With nothing to do, he disassembled the gun and then assembled it again—basically there was nothing else Yang Yi could do, it was all about improving proficiency.

On the fifth day, it was still dark outside at nine in the morning, only now with auroras adding some light to the night sky.

Brian and Paul came again, but this time Paul brought a few rifles.

"HK417, SCAR-L, M16A4, and a Finnish-made Sako RK.62 rifle, this one is produced following the AK family design, the internal structure is basically the same, we’ll use this to substitute for the AK47."

After laying three rifles on the bed, Paul said with a serious tone, "Have you ever fired a rifle?"

Yang Yi shook his head, "I have, but I haven’t shot many bullets. You told me to start with the pistol first, so I fired a few tens of thousands of pistol rounds."

Paul nodded and then said solemnly, "Next I’ll disassemble the rifle. You have to watch closely, remember... never mind, just watch."

Paul began to disassemble the rifles, explaining each step clearly. After he had disassembled and reassembled the four rifles, he asked Yang Yi, "Did you remember?"

"I remembered."

Paul let out a breath; he was silent for a moment, as if thinking about something. Finally, he gestured with his hand and said, "Show me."

Yang Yi began to disassemble and reassemble the rifles, perfectly assembling all four rifles.

Paul smacked his lips, and then he said to Yang Yi, "Teaching you is truly uninteresting. Sometimes, you should act a bit dumber so that I have the chance to tell you what you did wrong, to have the opportunity to teach you a lesson, otherwise being an instructor is quite boring, you understand?"

Yang Yi smiled helplessly, "Maybe you’ll have the chance to knock on my head when I start shooting."

Paul nodded and pointed at Yang Yi, "I am looking forward to that day arriving earlier."

Yang Yi spread his hands, "So when do I start shooting?"

"When your body can withstand the strain of continuous shooting, and after you are familiar with all the guns here, then you can start shooting."

Paul left again because he had nothing left to teach, leaving Yang Yi alone to repeatedly disassemble and assemble the rifles.

So Yang Yi started to disassemble and assemble the rifles. In half a day’s time, he could assemble a pile of parts into a rifle with his eyes closed. After two days, he couldn’t improve his speed in the short term.

Thus, when Paul brought guns to Yang Yi for the third time, they were sniper rifles.

Paul brought three gun cases. He opened the first one and took out a bolt-action sniper rifle equipped with a scope, "This is the US Army’s M24SWS, a very common sniper rifle, equipped with a Leupold Mk.4 LR/T M3 10×40mm fixed power scope, 7.62mm caliber, firing 7.62×51 NATO rounds."

He reopened a gun case, and in a deep voice said, "This is an AWM sniper rifle, .338 caliber, firing .338 Lapua Magnum rounds, equipped with a 4×16 scope."

Upon opening the third case, Paul did not lift the rifle but simply tapped on the rifle inside the box, "The third sniper rifle, a large caliber McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle, 12.7mm caliber, high power, long range, you can familiarize yourself with it for now, but no need to disassemble it yet."

Three sniper rifles, calibers 7.62mm, 8.7mm, 12.7mm—all three sizes were covered.

"What you need to do next is not only disassemble rifles but firmly memorize the ballistics tables for the bullets used in these three rifles. Sniper rifles are very special, the hardest, because you need to calculate the trajectory based on a series of complicated data like distance, wind speed, humidity, altitude, and so on. Different rifle models firing the same bullets will have different trajectories, so, first memorize the ballistics tables for these three guns."

Pointing to the scope, Paul continued, "Next is familiarizing yourself with scopes, knowing the reticle tables inside out. Only after you’ve memorized everything will you truly begin to work with sniper rifles."

Paul handed three booklets to Yang Yi, and then he said solemnly, "These are the ballistics tables, and the ballistic performance under various interference conditions. These three types of rounds are what I am most familiar with and best at using. These three pieces of information are the result of my years of experience. No one else in the world would give you such detailed information. Study them carefully, memorize them, and give them back to me when you’re done. Also, never give this information to anyone else but yourself."

Yang Yi nodded, "Alright, I’ve got it. Let’s start now."

"These guns are borrowed, so handle them with care, especially since sniper rifles are quite delicate, particularly the scope."

After warning Yang Yi, Paul began to disassemble the rifles, but this time it wasn’t just about simple assembly and disassembly. He detailed how to remove, adjust, and zero the scopes and all the things to pay attention to.

A handgun is a gun, an automatic rifle is a gun, but a sniper rifle is more than just a gun—it’s a small arms system.

Hitting a person at a distance of two hundred meters with a rifle is easy, many people can easily do it, but hitting a person at eight hundred meters with a sniper rifle is difficult, very difficult, a task that at least a sniper can accomplish.

The difference between a shooter and a sniper isn’t just about adding a few hundred meters to the range; there’s a vast chasm between them. Most people might train for a lifetime and become a decent shooter, but becoming a sniper isn’t just about practice—because practice can’t replace talent.

While familiarizing himself with sniper rifles, Yang Yi’s learning speed suddenly slowed down; he had too much to learn.

Being a sniper isn’t just about rote learning, but given his physical condition, that was all Yang Yi could do since he couldn’t even do a trial shoot. So for now, all he could do was memorize by rote.

Rote memorization might be very uninteresting, but for Yang Yi, it wasn’t hard.