Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Mgbe a kpọchara ya n'ime ndị agha Red Army ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ Orel Infantry School tupu etinye ya n'agha mgbe ndị Germany wakporo Soviet Union na ọkwa nke obere lieutenant dị ka akụkụ nke 412th Rifle Regiment. Ọ hụrụ ọgụ na
Western, Don, South-Western na Steppe n'ihu. Ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu ugboro abụọ n'ọkara nke abụọ nke 1941, na njedebe nke 1941 a kwalitere ya n'ọkwa nke ọchịagha battalion. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ na nkuzi nke ndị na-agba egbe na 1942 ọ gara n'ihu na-eje ozi dị ka ọchịagha battalion ruo mgbe ọ merụrụ ahụ nke ukwuu ọzọ na Disemba. N'otu afọ ahụ, ọ banyere n'òtù ndị Kọmunist.