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In the last part of the war, late 43 for example, I don't think that Germany would have been able to fastly rebuild such a murderous industrial tool, nor the railways leading to it, because this was not as "vital" (stange word association...) for them than war industries, and most of all : they were trying to keep the extermination process as much secret as possible and I really doubt they would have built hundreds of mini-Auschwtiz !!!
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Auschwitz had about 40 satellite camps, beside the three camps that were considered Auschwitz I, II & III. I see no reason that any or all of these could be used to murder prisoners. As you said, the crematorias were small buildings. Factor this throughout all the other larger camps (Dachau, etc) and not much new construction would have been needed.
I read that about 60% of the prisoners transported to Auschwitz were killed upon arrival. How much time would it have taken to rebuild these little crematorias? Originally, the Jews detrained a good distance from the crematoria and I do not doubt that the Germans could have reused this same method had the need arisen.
I see no reason for the Germans not pursuing thier barbaric goals in spite of bombs targeting camps. They may very well have welcomed if for no other reasons than the propaganda value and it would save them the trouble of having to kill the prisoners themselves. They continued to allocate railspace to transporting Jews to the camps right up to the end, even when it could have been better served supply troops.
Anyway, I am through with this discussion. It has turned into a case of damed if you, damned if you don't.
Ultimately, we have no way of knowing whether or not bombing the camps would helped in the plight of the Jews, but so far I have not been presented with any information to make me think that it would have.