Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekugamuchira kusimbiswa, 121st yakabatana ne40th Army muna Kukadzi 1942 uye yakadzivirira nzvimbo padyo neTim kubva kuNovo-Aleksandrovskoye kuenda kuPolevoye. Nokuda kwezviito zvake, Zykov akapiwa mubairo wechitatu weRed Banner musi wa 27 March 1942. Chikamu ichi chakatamisirwa ku60th Army musi wa 28 Chikumi uye chakarwa mukurwisa mu
Hondo yeVoronezh uye naJuly 4 yakasvika munharaunda yeZemlyansk, asi yakamanikidzwa kudzokera kumutsara weMedvezhye neChistaya Polyana, ichifukidza kuyambuka kweDon. Muna Gumiguru, Zykov akava mutevedzeri wemutungamiri we60th Army uye muna Zvita akatora mutungamiri we18th Rifle Corps yeuto. Akatungamira muviri muOstrogozhsk<unk>Rossosh Offensive uye Voronezh<unk>Kastornoye oparesheni, panguva iyo yaibatanidzwa mukutorazve kweRossosh neVoronezh. Akaongororwa se "mukuru ane simba, mutungamiri ane ruzivo anonzwisisa hondo yemazuva ano uye ane ruzivo rwakawanda rwekutungamira kwechikwata chemauto", Zykov akagamuchira Order yeSuvorov, 2nd kirasi, nokuda kwe "kutungamira kwake kwakanaka" kwechikwata, musi wa 8 February 1943. Mukutanga kwaFebruary, dzimbahwe revarwi rakashandiswa kuumba iyo ye69th Army, iyo yaakashanda kwenguva pfupi semutevedzeri wemutungamiri.