Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da ya koma Tarayyar Soviet a watan Disamba na 1937, Batov ya yi umurni da bindigogi na 10 da na 3 na bindigogi, wanda ya jagoranci jagorancin Soviet a gabashin Poland a watan Satumba na 1939. Daga baya aka tura rundunar zuwa gaban Finnish, kuma ta yi yaƙi a kashi na biyu (Fabrairu <unk> Maris 1940) na Yaƙin Rasha da Finland
a yankin Karelian karkashin rundunar soja ta 13. Don ayyukansa a Finland, an ba Batov lambar yabo ta Lenin ta biyu, an ba shi mukamin kwamandan rukuni ("Komdiv") kuma, a watan Yuni, zuwa laftanar janar. Daga nan aka nada shi mataimakin kwamandan yankin soja na Transcaucasus. Yaƙin da aka yi da Jamus zai same shi a kudancin Tarayyar Soviet.