Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Bayan an karɓi ƙarfafawa, na 121 ya shiga rundunar soja ta 40 a watan Fabrairun 1942 kuma ya kare matsayi kusa da Tim daga Novo-Aleksandrovskoye zuwa Polevoye. Don ayyukansa, an ba Zykov lambar yabo ta uku ta Red Banner a ranar 27 ga Maris, 1942. An tura sashen zuwa rundunar soji ta 60 a ranar 28 ga Yuni kuma ta yi yaƙi a hare-haren da aka yi a cikin
Yaƙin Voronezh kuma a ranar 4 ga Yuli ya isa yankin Zemlyansk, amma an tilasta masa komawa zuwa layin Medvezhye da Chistaya Polyana, yana rufe ƙetaren Don. Daga 7 ga Yuli ya yi yaƙi a yaƙe-yaƙe a kudancin Voronezh a cikin abin da aka sani a cikin tarihin Soviet a matsayin Voronezh <unk> Voroshilovgrad Operation Defensive. A watan Oktoba, Zykov ya zama mataimakin kwamandan rundunar soji ta 60.