 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pakupinda kweAxis muSoviet Union, Pikalov akanga ari mugiredhi rechi9. Muna May 1941, akapinda muRostov-on-Don, uko akapedza kudzidza kubva pakukurumidza kosi muna February 1942. Akatora chikamu muHondo Yenyika Yechipiri, achiona kurwa neWestern, Don, Stalingrad, Steppe uye 2nd Belorussian fronts, achitora chikamu mukusunungurwa kweKursk, Minsk, Poznan, uyewo kurwiswa kweBerlin. Akakuvadzwa katatu. Akarwa muzvombo semutungamiriri weplatoon, mutungamiri webhatiri, mubatsiri mukuru wevashandi vechikamu chezvombo zvehondo pakuongorora, mukuru mukuru wechikamu chezvombo zvehondo, muongorori wechiremera. 