Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A 1927, an kira Kim don yin aiki a cikin Red Army. Ya kammala karatunsa daga makarantar kananan kwamandoji kuma ya zama mataimakin kwamandan kwamitin. A shekarar 1927 ya shiga Jam'iyyar Kwaminis ta Tarayyar Soviet kuma a shekarar 1929, ya shiga cikin ayyukan soja na rikice-rikice kan hanyar jirgin kasa ta Gabashin Sin.
Ka yi haƙuri. A cikin 1930, ya zama shugaban kamfanin. An aika Kim zuwa Makarantar Sojojin Moscow da ake kira bayan V.I. Lenin, wanda ya kammala karatu a 1932. Ya yi aiki a matsayin kwamandan kamfanin na 76th Rifle Regiment na 26th Kazan Rifle Division da ke zaune a Yelabuga, Tatar ASSR.