AI: Historically, the second wave of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor consisted of 171 aircraft. In your scenario, 161 of those aircraft carry out their historical attacks, while a detachment of 10 A6M Zero fighters with one bomb—originally assigned to strafe the bombers at Hickam Field—is diverted to attack the massive, highly visible, above-ground fuel tank farms. ⚓🔥✈️
Google Gemini:
No Early Ambushes: Operating from the West Coast, the U.S. Navy would not have had the logistical reach to launch the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo (April 1942), contest the invasion of New Guinea at the Battle of the Coral Sea (May 1942), or pull off the miraculous ambush at the Battle of Midway (June 1942).
ChatGPT:
If the tank farms burned successfully:
The Pacific War might have proceeded somewhat differently in 1942,
American offensives could be delayed,
Japanese expansion might consolidate further,
and battles such as the Battle of Midway could occur under altered conditions.