Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Kodayake an shirya shirye-shiryen sake kai hari kan Moscow, a ranar 28 ga Yuni, 1942, an sake buɗe harin a wata hanya dabam. Armyungiyar Sojoji ta Kudu ta ɗauki matakin, tana mai da gaba tare da Yaƙin Voronezh
sannan kuma bin kogin Don zuwa kudu maso gabas. Babban shirin shine tabbatar da Don da Volga da farko sannan kuma su shiga cikin Caucasus zuwa filayen mai, amma la'akari da aiki da girman kai na Hitler ya sa ya umarci duka manufofin da za a yi ƙoƙari a lokaci guda. An sake kama Rostov a ranar 24 ga Yuli lokacin da Sojojin Panzer na 1 suka shiga, sannan wannan rukunin ya nufi kudu zuwa Maikop. A matsayin wani ɓangare na wannan, An aiwatar da Operation Shamil, wani shiri wanda ƙungiyar Brandenburger commando ta yi ado a matsayin sojojin Soviet NKVD don lalata tsaro na Maikop da kuma ba da damar Sojojin Panzer na 1 su shiga garin mai tare da ɗan adawa.