 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Sechikamu cheiyi nzira, Virsaitis akabatana neSoviet Baltic Fleet musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu 1940 sechikepe chinotsvaira zvimbambaira, uye chakatumidzwa zita rekuti T-297. Germany yakapinda muSoviet Union musi wa22 June 1941. T-297, iyo yakadudzirwazve sechikepe chekufambisa musi wa 25 Chikunguru 1941 kudzokera kuzita rokuti Virsaitis, yakashandiswa kudzivirira zvikwata zvemauto uye nzira dzekutaurirana. Kubvira musi wa31 Gumiguru 1941, Baltic Fleet yakaita nhevedzano yemabasa ekubvisa varwi veHanko Peninsula, iyo Finns yakanga yakamanikidzwa kubhadhara kuSoviets kuti ishandiswe senzvimbo yezvikepe zvichitevera Hondo yechando pakati peFinland neSoviet Union, asi yakanga yava kukombwa.. Virsaitis akatora rutivi mumugwagwa wechina wokubudiswa musi wa 24 November 1941 uye basa rokupedzisira, rakasiya Hanko manheru aDecember 2. Virsaitis yakarova mugodhi gare gare zuva iroro ndokunyura. 