Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Mgbe Operation Barbarossa malitere na 22 June 1941, mgbe ahụ-Major Seryugin nyere ndị agha ahụ iwu na Southwestern Front, na-eduga ya na Border Battles n'ebe ọdịda anyanwụ nke Stanislav na mpaghara Vinnytsia na ndịda nke Uman. N'ọnwa Septemba e nyere ya iwu nke 124th Rifle Division ma ọ bụghị n'ezie na-eduzi n'ihi na 124th na-ejide na nnọchibido. Kama nke ahụ, a họpụtara Seryugin ka ọ bụrụ onye isi ndị ọrụ nke ngalaba 212th Rifle, nke ọ lụrụ ọgụ na Donbass Defensive na Barvenkovo <unk> Lozovaya
dịka akụkụ nke ndị agha nke isii nke Southwestern Front. Na Mee 1942 a họpụtara Colonel Seryugin ka ọ bụrụ osote onye isi nke ngalaba ahụ, ebe ọ na-aga n'ihu na-eje ozi dị ka onye isi ndị ọrụ ya. Ọ lụrụ ọgụ na ya na Agha nke Abụọ nke Kharkov, n'oge nkewa ahụ gbara ya gburugburu. Na mbido June Seryugin mebiri ihe mgbochi ahụ wee gafee n'akụkụ ọwụwa anyanwụ nke Seversky Donets na ihe fọdụrụ na 212th.