Ka kammala wannan magana: A lokacin da rundunar Axis ta mamaye Tarayyar Soviet, Pikalov yana aji na 9. A watan Mayu na 1941, ya shiga Jami'ar Nazarin Harkokin Kasuwanci a Rostov-on-Don, inda ya kammala karatun digiri a watan Fabrairun 1942. Ya shiga cikin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, yana ganin yaƙi tare da Yammacin Yammacin, Don, Stalingrad, Steppe da 2nd Belarusian fronts, shiga cikin 'yanci na
Kursk, Minsk, Poznan, da kuma mamaye Berlin. An ji masa rauni sau uku. Ya yi yaƙi a cikin bindigogi a matsayin kwamandan kwamandan, kwamandan baturi, mataimakin shugaban ma'aikatan sashen bindigogi a kan bincike, mataimakin babban jami'in bindigogi, jami'in bincike na rundunar.