Ku qor sii wadida cutubkan - Sannadkii 1941, intii lagu jiray Howlgalka Barbarossa, Heinrici wuxuu ka soo shaqeeyay Ciidanka 4-aad ee Günther von Kluge isagoo ahaa taliyaha guud ee Ciidanka XXXXIII Ciidanka intii lagu jiray Dagaalkii Białystok <unk> Minsk, Dagaalkii Kiev iyo Dagaalkii Moscow. Wuxuu helay Abaalmarinta Knight's Cross ee Iron Cross sanadkii 1941. Dabayaaqadii Janaayo 1942, Heinrici waxaa la siiyay amarka ciidanka 4-aad. Bishii Nofeembar 24, 1943 waxaa lagu abaalmariyay Oak Leaves to his Knight's Cross for his leadership during the Battle of Orsha
, oo ciidanka 4-aad ay ka qaateen jagooyin difaac oo u dhow gobolka Orsha ee Belarus, ayaa si ku meelgaar ah u joojiyay horumarka Jabhadda Galbeedka ee uu hoggaaminayo General Vasiliy Sokolovsky. Intii lagu guda jiray dib u gurashada ciidanka 4-aad, waxay khasaare culus u geysteen ciidanka cas ee hormaraya. Guulahaas ayaa si weyn uga qayb qaatay sumcadda Heinrici ee khabiir ku ah difaaca. Dabayaaqadii 1943kii wuxuu diiday in uu adeeco amar lagu gubayo magaalada Smolensk ka hor inta aysan ciidanka Jarmalka dib u dhicin, waxaana si ku meel gaar ah looga ceyriyay jagadiisii taliyaha.