Until the Germans were surrounded there was not an officer in the Wehrmacht that would have pulled out. Remember that there was only a tiny strech of land between the Wehrmacht and the Volga. Against any other nation of the world the Germans would have been winning. But Ivan gave his life to let the Red Army organise the counterstroke.

Of the mentioned German commanders I guess Guderian would have argued the most to attempt a breakout of the Kessel. This because he had moral courage and plenty of prestige. Guderian got the sack many times for his pursuit of his views. The least likly to do anything useful would be Rommel. He did not have the capabilities to command an Army, (as shown from 1942 untill his death) and would rather die than to be a falling star. Hoth I don't know, because I know to little of him. Manstein might have organised the Army differently and got all the way to the Volga. But I think that the Russians would have broken his flanks anyways.

I have always perceived the forces to be too small for the job. As the logistics got streched the advantage of the germans faded. The real strength of the Wehrmacht was fighting in the open anyways.

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'We march. The enemy is retreating in transport. We follow on foot.' Lt.Neil McCallum 5/7 Gordons 19th November 1942