Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekunge Operation Barbarossa yatanga musi wa22 Chikumi, Dyakonov akasiya chikoro uye munaGunyana akatora kuraira kwe27th Separate Cadet Rifle Brigade. Kusvikira munaNovember iro brigade rakarwa muhondo dzinorema dzekudzivirira padyo neMoscow, ndokuzoendeswa kuKalinin Front uye vakarwa mukuparadzwa kwemauto eGerman akatenderedza Lake Seliger, kutorwa kweMolotitsy uye kukomberedzwa kweDemyansk Pocket. Musi wa29 Ndira ipapo-Colonel Dyakonov akatungamira 257th Rifle Division ye3rd Shock Army, iyo yaakatungamira muToropets<unk>Kholm kurwisa
. Zvikamu zvaro zvakafambira mberi anopfuura makiromita mazana matatu nemakumi masere muhondo kubva kuOstashkov kuenda kuVelikiye Luki, ndokuzoenda kunodzivirira. Muchirimo cha1942, 31st Rifle Brigade nemauto maviri eski akaiswa pasi pekutonga kwechikamu, ichiwedzera mutsara wayo wekudzivirira kubva pa40 kusvika ku80 km. Munguva yeHondo yeVelikiye Luki, chikamu ichi chakazvitsaura mukutora kweguta uye mamwe mapoinzi akasimbiswa, ayo akachinjirwa kuita 91st Guards Rifle Division musi waApril 18.