Buuxi weedha soo socota: Dib ugu soo laabashada Midowga Soofiyeeti bishii Diseembar 1937, Batov wuxuu si isdaba joog ah u amray Ciidankii 10aad ee Rifle iyo Ciidankii 3aad ee Rifle, kii ugu dambeeyay ee uu hoggaaminayay qabsashada Soviet ee bariga Poland bishii Sebtember 1939. Ciidanka ayaa markii dambe loo wareejiyay dhanka hore ee Finland, waxayna ku dagaalameen wajiga labaad (Febraayo <unk> Maarso 1940) ee Dagaalkii Finland.
Dagaalkii Ruushka iyo Finland ee qaybta Karelia ee hoos yimaada ciidanka 13-aad. 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.