After the October Revolution, Batsanov left the army and became commander of the 1st Mogilev Red Guards Partisan Detachment, fighting against German troops and in the suppression of the rebellion of the Polish I Corps in Russia in the area of Bykhov, Zhlobin, and Bobruisk. In May 1918, he and his detachment joined the 153rd Rifle Regiment of the 17th Rifle Division of the Red Army, forming in Cherikov. With the regiment, Batsanov served as a company and battalion commander, fighting on the Western, Southwestern, and Northern Fronts against the Ukrainian People's Army, the Northwestern Army, and in the Polish–Soviet War. He was twice wounded and shell-shocked. In late 1920, with the division, he fought in the suppression of the Slutsk uprising in the area of Mozyr. Batsanov became a member of the Communist Party in 1919.