 Nyorera kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Kutanga kweOperation Barbarossa musi wa22 Chikumi 1941 kwakawana Colonel Alexiu achitungamira 3rd Artillery Regiment kubva ku10th Artillery Brigade, achitungamira ma75mm Gun Battalion maviri uye imwe 100mm Howitzer Battalion. Mukati meHondo Yenyika II akarwa paEastern Front, achibatanidzwa mumushandirapamwe weCrimea, zvikurukuru muhondo yaJuly 1942 paEltigen muKerch Peninsula. Akashanda semukuru mukuru we4th Artillery Regiment pakati pa1941 na1942, uye muna 1942 kusvika 1943 akashanda semukuru mukuru we10th artillery division. Akakwidziridzwa kuva brigadier general muna March 1943, uye akaiswa muchengeti muna June 1943. 