Chapter 325: Shooting Genius

The Array Heavy Machine Guns crafted by Zhang Wuji have three output settings; the first setting has the lowest output efficiency and is relatively weaker in power, but it can be used for a longer time.

The third setting has the highest output efficiency; if equipped with a Third-grade Demon Core, it can unleash a full-force strike comparable to a Third-grade Demon Beast, though a single Third-grade Demon Core will be completely depleted of energy after firing only three times.

Zhang Shagen and the other soldiers of the Imperial Guard Company were unable to put the Array Heavy Machine Guns down; the fact that an AK47 could fire thirty bullets in succession had already shocked them to no end.

Now, this type of Array Heavy Machine Gun has fifty bullets in a single magazine, a rate of fire reaching 600 rounds per minute, and an effective range reaching a staggering 1,500 meters; the bullets used are 12.7mm, which are significantly longer than the 7.62mm bullets of an AK47, and their power is even more astonishing.

When Zhang Shagen and the others were testing them, they aimed at a Level 1 pig demon; the Array Heavy Machine Gun's bullets easily tore through the Level 1 pig demon's hide, with a single bullet leaving a fist-sized bloody hole in the pig demon's body, and after three bullets were fired, it directly severed the body of that Level 1 pig demon, leaving it a bloody mess, dead beyond any doubt.

Because Zhang Kuiyong had shot accurately in the previous battle and displayed the potential of a sharpshooter, he was recommended by Zhao Jincai, and after being assessed by Meng Yifan, Zhang Kuiyong was also added to the Imperial Guard Company.

According to Meng Yifan, the effective range of this Array Heavy Machine Gun is 1,500 meters; Meng Yifan had someone tie a Level 1 pig demon to a large tree 1,500 meters away and told Zhang Kuiyong to shoot.

1,500 meters is a very long distance; if one does not use binoculars and relies solely on the naked eye, a person 1,500 meters away is just a dot the size of a little finger, and one simply cannot see them clearly.

The soldiers of the Imperial Guard Company are all at least First Grade Martial Artists; every organ in their bodies has evolved, giving them greater strength, faster speed, and better vision, but hitting a target 1,500 meters away remains a very difficult task.

This is because the flight speed of a heavy machine gun bullet is approximately 800 meters per second, which means that from the moment the bullet leaves the muzzle until it hits a target 1,500 meters away, the bullet must fly through the air for two seconds.

During these two seconds of flight, the bullet will drop slightly, its trajectory will become a shallow parabola, and during the flight, the bullet will be affected by a series of external factors such as wind speed, temperature, and wind direction.

From this, it can be seen that hitting a target 1,500 meters away with precision is not an easy task, and furthermore, a heavy machine gun is not a sniper rifle; wanting to perform precise long-range shooting is even harder.

Meng Yifan taught some modern shooting techniques to this group of elite marksmen; they grasped them very quickly, especially Zhang Kuiyong, who was simply a natural-born sniper.

Zhang Kuiyong learned the shooting experience summarized from modern battlefields as soon as it was taught, and he could even draw inferences about other cases and apply it flexibly, which made Meng Yifan look at him with new eyes, confirming that Zhang Kuiyong was truly a rare shooting genius.

At this very moment, Zhang Kuiyong was calm and composed; shooting from a prone position, he spat a little saliva onto his finger, then extended his finger to feel the direction of the wind, calculated the bullet drop and the bullet deviation caused by wind speed in his mind, shifted the muzzle slightly, and then decisively pulled the trigger.

"Bang!" The bullet left the muzzle, quickly streaking through space as it flew toward the target 1,500 meters away.

Zhang Shagen, the company commander, was holding binoculars and acting as the spotter; after seeing the result of the shot, he shouted, "Kuiyong, you damn fool, you missed; you were off by half a meter."

Meng Yifan was also nearby; seeing that Zhang Kuiyong had almost hit the target 1,500 meters away the very first time he used a heavy machine gun, Meng Yifan was filled with admiration.

Even for an ace marksman from the special forces on Earth, it would be very difficult to hit a target 1,500 meters away using this heavy machine gun.

Zhang Kuiyong was not discouraged; he quickly calculated the bullet's flight trajectory in his mind and realized that the reason the bullet had not hit the target was that the wind speed calculation had not been precise enough—a miss is as good as a mile, that is exactly what this means.

Zhang Kuiyong spat a little saliva on his finger again, measured the wind speed, then locked the muzzle onto the target and pulled the trigger.

Zhang Shagen used his binoculars to see the Level 1 pig demon's head blown to pieces and laughed, "Holy cow! You kid are something else, a headshot with one bullet."

Meng Yifan was also very surprised; Zhang Kuiyong really was a natural-born shooting genius, actually using a heavy machine gun to get the feel of a sniper rifle; a headshot from 1,500 meters away, this is too exaggerated, right? Surely this wasn't just luck.

"Fire a few more rounds," Meng Yifan said.

Zhang Kuiyong nodded, switched to a new target, and fired again.

"Headshot, headshot, holy cow, another headshot!" Zhang Shagen shouted excitedly.

"Switch to a moving target!" Meng Yifan said.

Soon, a Level 1 flying Demon Beast was released, flapping its wings as it flew toward the sky.

Hitting a moving target and hitting a stationary target are two different things, because a moving target is constantly moving at high speed; one must calculate the lead for the target and also comprehensively consider the ballistic deviation, making it much more difficult to hit.

Zhang Kuiyong locked onto the fast-flying Level 1 flying Demon Beast, calculated the lead in his mind, and then pulled the trigger.

The bullet streaked through several hundred meters of space, grazing the body of the Level 1 flying beast, scaring the flying Demon Beast into a panic; it kept changing direction, which further increased the difficulty of Zhang Kuiyong's shooting.

The first shot did not hit, but Zhang Kuiyong was not disappointed; instead, he calculated in his mind, then adjusted the muzzle slightly and fired three bullets in succession.

Compared to a sniper rifle, a significant advantage of a heavy machine gun is that it can fire continuously.

The three bullets flew out in a triangular formation, actually precisely covering three directions around the flying Demon Beast, ensuring that no matter which direction it flew, it would run headlong into a barrage of 12.7mm bullets.

The flying Demon Beast had nowhere to hide and could only extend its sharp claws, trying to swat away the bullet directly in front of it.

"Bang!" The 12.7mm bullet had immense power, far exceeding the endurance of a Level 1 Demon Beast; this bullet directly severed the flying Demon Beast's claw, and without losing momentum, blew a huge bloody hole in the flying Demon Beast's belly.

The flying Demon Beast let out a mournful cry and then plummeted from high altitude.

"Well done," Meng Yifan praised.

Zhang Kuiyong is truly a shooting genius worth cultivating well; sharpshooters are all fed by bullets.

That Zhang Kuiyong could precisely hit a high-speed moving flying Demon Beast after firing only a few bullets makes him truly remarkable.