It MAY have worked for the Germans had they kept the SS and their police forces from devastating those areas.
In the book Barbarossa, by Alan Clark, he cites numerous examples of the problems between the Wermacht and the SS. In many of those examples the Wermacht moved in, secured the areas, and proceeded onward to destroy the Russian forces. They cared little for nazi doctrine, but cared a great deal about destroying what they knew could be a very strong Russian army if it got a chance to catch its breath.
Then the SS or einstatzgruppen (sorry about the spelling) would come in and terorize the population, causing numerous partisan groups to flare up, damaging the supply of the forward armies.
Very interesting to think the "what if's?" here.