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Major Arthur Ernest Percival entered the restaurant. The warmth of it's inside granted him a respite from the cold rain that fell outside. A waitress approached Percival and showed him to his table. Because Percival was a regular patron of the restaurant, the owner ensured that there was a table reserved for him.

"No need for the menu" said Percival to the waitress as he settled down. "I'll be having the usual."

The waitress acknowledged Percival's order with a nod and went off to pass on his order to the cook. The 'usual' that Percival ordered was a dish of beef and potato. He never seemed to get tired of eating the same old thing day after day after day.

While Percival waited for his dinner to arrive. He made a mental note to himself to personally interrogate the two IRA terrorists his boys picked up earlier today. From what he knew so far, there was going to be another raid or bombing by the IRA. The problem was, he didn't know if it was the former or the latter. He also didn't know where and when it would take place. The least he could do was to heighten the unit's vigilance for the week ahead.

Percival's thoughts were interrupted by the shattering of glass, followed by a thud on the ground which came before an explosion. He was tipped backwards as the force of the blast and small pieces of shrapnel slammed into his body. As he lay on the ground, Percival heard screams and gunfire. Vision was blurred. The pain from the shrapnel wounds in Percival's chest crept up to him. The gunfire stopped as sudden as it started. Seconds later, three men surrounded the grieviously wounded commander of Bandon's security force.

"Is he the one we're looking for?" queried one of them to the other in thick Irish brogue.

"Yes, he's the one" said another one of the men.

"Good, let's finish him off and collect that £1000 bounty." said the man with the thick Irish brogue.

He took out a revolver, pointed it at Percival's temple and fired. Percival didn't feel anything. The last thing he heard was the sound of a slamming door. After that, darkness engulfed him.
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As you can tell from the title and the above narrative, I intend to create an alternate Battle for Malaya by eliminating Percival and replacing him with Slim.

Please let me know what you think about this. I am open to all comments.
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