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Could the Afrikakorps have reached the Suez Canal before 1942?

I see two ways this could happen:

1. Mussolini allows the Germans to help him in his initial invasion of Egypt in 1940. The higher-quality German troops break the British lines and reach the Suez Canal in thE spring of 1940

2. Operation Sonnenblume succeeds in taking Tobruk. The Axis use the port to shorten their overland supply lines and continue the offensive 750 km to the Canal, reaching Port Said in the fall of 1941

How plausible is this, and what would the follow-on effects be? I could see the RN having to withdraw from the Med due to the danger of being trapped for starters. The Germans could also reinforce Vichy forces in Syria, and support pro-Axis forces in the Middle East, possibly getting some oil fields in the process
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