Chapter 409 - 397 Prototype Gun
Robot was not a conventional term, but Pasanin’s excited description of Yang Yi as a robot was indeed spot-on.
In many ways, Yang Yi was really like a robot. His memory was extraordinary, his computational abilities powerful. Parameters and calculations that normal people might take a long time to remember, he could grasp in a short period.
For shooting, "robot" was actually not a complimentary term.
Shooting with a sniper rifle was complex, certainly not just aiming with the crosshairs in a scope at the target and then firing. In fact, unless the target was exactly in line with the bullet’s flat trajectory, aiming with the scope’s crosshairs was not possible.
The further the distance, the lower the aiming point needed to be, and then adjusted left or right according to the wind direction. In short, direct aiming was hardly possible.
A good sniper, when locking onto a target with the scope, could quickly calculate which point in the scope to use to aim at the target. Their experience had already completed the calculation and correction part, meaning they could see the enemy, and without thinking, just know how to take the shot based on experience.
Experience was so important for a sniper that they rarely changed guns, bullets, or scopes, because any change in these three meant having to readapt.
With extreme familiarity with the weapon system, having fired at least tens of thousands of rounds, and well-acquainted with the shooting location, when it came time to shoot, not much preparation was needed, just aim and fire.
Every shooter strove to reduce aiming time, as the battlefield was ever-changing, and the targets wouldn’t stand still like dummies waiting to be shot. They would just expose their heads briefly and then disappear; this was a common occurrence on the battlefield.
Thus, snipers like Yang Yi who needed long periods of preparation, extensive calculations, and slow adjustments before they could fire really did resemble robots.
But even with the stability and accuracy of a robot and a computer’s computational abilities, such traits were useless on the battlefield.