Müller's corps was probably the least-damaged of the trapped forces, and on 3 July he was given overall command of the encircled units of Fourth Army, around 100,000 troops, which by 5 July were as much as 100 km behind Soviet lines.
Müllers korps var sandsynligvis det mindst beskadigede blandt de omringede styrker, og den 3. juli fik han den samlede kommando over alle de omringede enheder af den 4. armé, omkring 100.000 tropper, der den 5. juli var mere end 100 km bag de sovjetiske linjer.