Axis logistics limited a deeper Indian Ocean thrust

Could the Japanese carrier force push across the Indian Ocean while Germany and Italy advanced toward Suez?

Not sustainably. Japan lacked the fuel train for a deep western advance, and its European allies had no spare regional oil unless they first captured working fields and refineries.

A viewer proposes a Japanese carrier drive into the Indian Ocean linked to a German and Italian advance. The Kido Butai historically remained in the eastern part of the ocean, near Ceylon and Rangoon, because it lacked the fuel train for a much deeper push. Germany and Italy could not simply refuel it in the west because they did not possess spare oil there. They would first have to capture Middle Eastern or Caucasian fields and intact refineries while overcoming their own supply constraints. Britain, meanwhile, still drew oil from Canada and the United States. The scenario shows how an impressive tactical fleet could remain strategically bounded by the absence of a sustainable fuel route.