Dib ugu noqoshada Midowga Soofiyeeti bishii Diseembar 1937, Batov wuxuu si isdaba joog ah u amray Ciidanka 10aad ee Rifle iyo Ciidanka 3aad ee Rifle, kii ugu dambeeyay ee uu hoggaaminayay qabsashada Soviet ee bariga Poland bishii Sebtember 1939. Kooxda ayaa markii dambe loo wareejiyay safka hore ee Finland, waxayna ku dagaalameen wajiga labaad (Febraayo <unk> Maarso 1940) ee Dagaalkii Ruushka iyo Finland
qeybta Karelian ee ciidanka 13aad. Adeegyadii uu ka soo qabtay Finland, Batov waxaa la guddoonsiiyay amar labaad oo Lenin ah, oo loo dallacsiiyay taliyaha qeybta ("Komdiv") iyo, bishii Juun, gaashaanle sare. Kadib waxaa loo magacaabay ku xigeenka taliyaha Degmada Milatari ee Transcaucasus. Dagaalkii Jarmalka wuxuu kusoo idlaaday koonfurta USSR.