Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Daga farkon Mayu zuwa Yuli 1942, Vatutin ya yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin mataimakin Shugaban Janar na Janar na Red Army har sai rukunin sojojin Jamus na Kudu ya shiga cikin babban harin da ya dace, "Operation Blau". Da farko, hare-haren Jamus ya mai da hankali kan Voronezh. Sun so su karya layin Soviet a yakin Voronezh
sannan kuma su kai hari kan Soviet Southern Front da kuma Kudu maso Yamma daga baya. A ranar 1 ga Yuli, 1942, Stalin ya aika da Vatutin a matsayin wakilin Stavka mai iko duka, zuwa Bryansk Front mai mahimmanci, wanda a cikin 'yan kwanaki aka sake masa suna Voronezh Front kuma aka sanya shi a ƙarƙashin umurnin Vatutin.