 In the fall of 1942, the newly reinforced 135th Division, as part of 39th Army, fought in Operation Mars.In this battle Kabitsin was officially still commissar but served as battalion commander almost from the first day.On 25 November his battalion helped break through German defenses at Molodoy Tud, and in the following days the battalion fought in the battle for the village of Urdom, north of Olenino.