Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mushure mekupora, Lyakhov akatumirwa kuSouthwestern Front uye musi wa4 Gumiguru akagadzwa mukuru wevashandi ve987th Rifle Regiment ye226th Rifle Division. Nechikamu ichi sechikamu che21st Army akarwa muhondo dzekudzivirira kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva kweSeversky Donets. Nokuda kwezviito zvake muhondo yeYastrebovo musi wa 29 December, umo akakuvadzwa, ipapo-Major Lyakhov akapiwa Order yeRed Star musi wa 10 April 1942. Akakuvadzwa kechipiri musi wa13 Kukadzi 1942 pedyo neSazhnoye, akagadzwa kuve mukuru wechirongwa ichi muna Kubvumbi, achitungamira muhondo yechipiri yeKharkov muna Chivabvu naJune. Musi wa22 Chikumi divi racho rakafamba kuenda kunharaunda yeKorocha, richibatanidza mauto e21, chikamu cheSouthwestern Front uyezve Stalingrad Front kubva musi wa12 Chikunguru, vachirwira mu
Hondo yeVoronezh uye kudzivirira kwevanosvika kuStalingrad. Munguva yehondo yeVoronezh, Lyakhov akakuvadzwa kechitatu musi wa13 Chikumi pedyo neNovo-aleksandrovskoy, Kharkov Oblast.