Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei rarangi - I hoki mai a Yegipko ki te USSR i te marama o Akuhata 1938, ka riro i a ia te tūranga o te rangatira o te Tuarua o te Rererangi o te Moana Black Sea. I mau ia i tenei tuunga tae noa ki te Tihema 1939, i te wa i riro ai ia hei rangatira mo te piriti submarine o te Baltic Fleet. I mau ia i tenei pou i te Pakanga Soviet-Finnish, ka wehe ia i te Mei 1940 ki te whakahou i ana akoranga i te Naval Academy. I puta ia i te Paenga-whawha 1941, i whakatairangahia ia i te Paenga-whawha 26 ki te rangatira rangatira tuatahi. Mai i taua marama tae noa ki Hepetema ko ia te rangatira o te 1st Submarine Brigade o te Baltic Fleet. I uru a Yegipko ki nga mahi hoia whai muri i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki te Soviet Union i te Pipiri 1941. I te wā o te rerenga a te Soviet i Tallinn
I te marama o Akuhata 1941, ka pā tana kaipuke moana, "S-5", ki tētahi ami, ā, ka pupuhihia a Yegipko mai i te pourewa whakahaere ki te wai. I whakaorangia ia e tētahi atu kaipuke, he nui te wiri i a ia. Mai i te Mahuru ki te Oketopa 1941 i tukuna ia ki te Kaunihera Taua o te Baltic Fleet, i mua i tana whakataunga hei kaihauturu moana ki te whare karere o Soviet i te United Kingdom. Ka rite ki te attaché moana Yegipko maha mahi rite te kaitirotiro i runga i kaipuke whawhai Ingarangi, ka rere i runga i kaipuke Ingarangi i runga i ngā mahi waka Arctic.