Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Munguva yekupinda kweGerman muSoviet Union muna 1941, Rall akagadzwa semutungamiriri wenzvimbo yekudzivirira yekumabvazuva musi wa25 Chikumi uye akatarisira kuiswa kwemabhatiri emumahombekombe pazvitsuwa zveBolshoy Tyuters neLavensaari, uye kuiswa kweminda yeminine muGulf yeFinland. Akabva apiwa basa rokuita basa rakaoma rokubvisa ngarava dzeBaltic Fleet muTallinn yakanga yakombwa
ndokuvaunza kuKronstadt. Rall akapiwa basa rokutungamirira nhengo dzevarindi vokumashure. Nemigwagwa mitatu yokubuda nayo yaibvira, Rall akarayira kutora wokumaodzanyemba zvikurusa. Kunyange zvazvo izvi zvakapfuura nemumvura isina kudzika uye pamwe nemakiromita mazana maviri emhenderekedzo yegungwa yakatorwa nemabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa, Rall akataura kuti mabhatiri emhenderekedzo yegungwa ainyanya kuumbwa nepfuti dzakareruka, idzo dzaigona kudzvinyirirwa nyore nyore neSoviet naval artillery, uye kuti ngarava mazana maviri dzakapfuura pasina dambudziko. Zano iri rakarambwa naMarschall Kliment Voroshilov, mutungamiri weLeningrad Front, uyo, achinetseka pamusoro pekugona kwevashandi veLatvia neEstonia, uye kunyange vafambisi veSoviet, vachipandukira muvengi, akaraira Rall nemukuru wake Admiral Vladimir Tributs kuti vatore nzira yepakati, kunyangwe yaive yakanyatsogadziriswa nemauto evavengi. Ngarava dzokubuda nadzo munguva pfupi dzakatanga kurasikirwa zvikuru nemigodhi nokurwiswa nendege. Ngarava huru yaRall, muparadzi "Kalinin", yakarova chimbambaira ndokutanga kunyura. Muparadzi "Volodarskiy" akauya padivi kuti abvise vashandi, asi akarovawo mugodhi ndokunyura. Rall, akakuvadzwa uye akavhunduka, akaendeswa mungarava. Iye pakupedzisira akaunzwa kudzokera kuKronstadt navakapukunyuka veboka rokubvisa vanhu. Nepo hutungamiri hweSoviet hwakataura kuti hwaive kukunda mukubvisa mauto akati wandei nevapoteri, Rall akataura kuti yaive "Yechipiri Tsushima", achireva kukundwa kukuru paHondo yeTsushima panguva yeRusso-Japan Hondo.