 Nyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekutanga kweOperation Barbarossa musi wa22 Chikumi 1941, iro divi rakaita nzvimbo dzekudzivirira kumahombekombe ekumabvazuva erwizi rweShchara munzvimbo yeSlonim zuva raitevera sechikamu che13th Army. Kubvira musi wa24 June vakarwa muhondo dzakasimba dzekuzvidzivirira, vachidzokera kuBaranovichi, Slutsk, Osipovichi, musha weBoyarshchina, neStarye Dorogi. Chikamu chakakomberedzwa mukupera kwaJune asi chakapunzika musi wa7 Chikunguru uye chakadzoserwa kuNovozybkov kuti chiwedzerwe. The 121st nokukurumidza vakadzokera mberi uye vakarwa muHondo Smolensk pamwe rechi13 Army of Central Front, ipapo akarwa kuzvidzivirira hondo pamusoro Sozh, Sudost, uye Desna, uye kubva 30 September muHondo Bryanskpashure pokutanga kweOperation Typhoon, kurwisa kweGermany uko kwakatanga Hondo yeMoscow. Munguva iyi, yechi121 yakakomberedzwa kechipiri munharaunda yeKhutor Mikhailovsky uye sango reKinelsky, asi yakaputika munharaunda yePesochnaya neLgov. Chikamu chakaenderera mberi nekurwa mukudzivirira kweTim neYelets Offensive, uye chakadzoserwa kuSouthwestern Front reserve munzvimbo yeYelets musi wa15 Zvita. 