Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Vertelko ya shiga Red Army a watan Oktoba na 1943, da farko ya shiga horo tare da 72nd Reserve Training Rifle Regiment na 9th Rifle Division. Daga baya zai tuna cewa ya fara rantsuwa a ranar 3 ga Nuwamba 1943. Tare da kammala karatunsa, an tura shi zuwa gaba a watan Maris na 1944, yana aiki a matsayin ɗan leƙen asirin ƙasa a cikin Battalion Motar Motar Motar na 75 na Tank Corps na 29, tare da Sojojin Tank na 5. Ya sami ɗan tserewa lokacin da abokin aikinsa ya ba da damar musayar rami tare da shi kafin wani harin Jamus. Wani harsashi ya buga tsohon ramin Vertelko, ya kashe mutumin da ya musanya da shi. Vertelko ya ci gaba da ganin aiki a yawancin yaƙe-yaƙe yayin da Sojojin Red Army suka tura sojojin mamayewa. An ba shi lambar yabo ta "Don ƙarfin hali" bayan 'yantar da Minsk, kuma ya ci gaba da shiga cikin yaƙe-yaƙe na Vilnius.
, wanda ya haifar da 'yanci na Molodechno, Borisov, Kaunas, da Vilnius.