Cold War (寒戰)

This story is not based on any real-life cases.

Last November,

Hong Kong experienced the latest typhoon arrival ever in a year.

Typhoon Coral

brought over 200mm of rainfall to Hong Kong.

Man... Wake up,

Man... Thieves.

Wake up, Man. Thieves.

Shut up!

Answer your phone.

Van 71 calling.

Van 71.

Container Port Road South in Kwai Chung,

near street light CC0381.

There's a TADO (Traffic Accident Damage Only).

Someone's hurt, looks conscious. Wait for more detail.

Mister, you're hurt.

Do you need an ambulance?

You shut up! I can't understand Chinese. Piss off!

Get the fuck out of here man!

You are suspected of dangerous and drunk driving.

Don't touch me, don't touch me.

Shut up. Don't fucking touch me! All right.

Hey, watch your tongue. Quit the foul language.

Show me your ID card.

What ID card? No!

Do I need to carry an ID card?

If you don't show us,

we'll take you to the police station right now.

Do you know who my uncle is?

Sit down!

Shut up.

Calm down.

Sit still there.

Hello? Yeah! Uncle! Yeah, this is Brian.

These dumb-ass police won't let me go right now.

All right! You! Take the phone!

Hello? This is Emergency Unit commander M.Y. Shum.

He's suspected of drunk driving.

What's his relationship to you?

Uncle, yeah! Can I go now?

Hello? A man crashed his car and was suspected of drunk driving.

He said his uncle is a judge.

What? They're mad dogs.

I must go.

I... have to go. Hello?

Arrest him!

Joe

We're cops, not mad dogs.

If you assault cops, I could beat you to death!

Vincent, these are the documents you want.

Thank you.

Lau, Commissioner Tsang's flight just arrived in Copenhagen.

His mobile is still off.

Headquarters Command Control Centre said,

apart from the Police Public Relations Branch

and Headquarters Command Control Centre,

at least three G4 tactical teams

took action 15 minutes ago.

Is it that serious?

There's more.

Twenty minutes ago, Deputy Police Commissioner Lee as Acting Commissioner

announced a Tier One Response.

Something's up.

Sir

Lau.

The big show tonight is obviously against you. Watch out.

Save the formality. Time is short.

Albert, let's start.

We called you all back so late

because of two things.

First, an hour and a half ago,

an explosive went off outside the Broadway Mong Kok cinema.

So far no casualties have been reported.

Second, last night at 23:00,

an Emergency Unit van in New Territories South

hadn't reported to the Command Centre for 30 minutes.

At 23:19,

our report room received an anonymous phone call.

Leanne

An Emergency Unit van, with five cops,

and all the equipment in the van. What's it all worth?

Michael

The Emergency Unit control centre confirmed that

No. NTS 71 is still out of contact.

Regional Command records show No. 71 was mid-shift.

At 22:44, it had just dealt with a drunkard causing trouble.

They continued on with work and then went missing.

Not only the EU van,

but also the phones of the five officers went dead.

We all know GPS isn't exact.

Besides radio records,

we activated the Major Incident Investigation

and Disaster Support System

and locked down a 20km radius.

New Territories South sent out two EU vans and patrol cars to follow up.

Up to now...

Lau. Up to this point, what do you think?

Michael's deployment is right.

But I'd call in everyone

related to cases

handled earlier by No.71

to assist in our investigation.

We've already done what you've just said.

Listen, on the face of it,

the Mong Kok bomb and the hijacked van

can't be random incidents

as they happened around the same time.

23 minutes ago,

I activated the Emergency Response System

and this is the Provisional Command Centre.

To, you're the Director of IT.

I want you to explain

why this happened.

Lee, as the Supervisory Board and computer section heads aren't here,

let me answer for...

I'm asking about the technical stuff.

Can you give an answer?

To!

Given today's technology and resources,

the hijackers can only block a channel.

Beyond our department,

no one knows what frequency we use.

It's simple. We'll check with the Broadcasting Authority

to see where TV and radio signals in New Territories South

had interference.

We can then locate where the hijacking took place.

Our budget was cut,

and $540 million was spent

over six years for

so-called state-of-the-art technology.

The Commissioner is in Copenhagen right now

boasting about how safe Hong Kong is,

how professional the police is.

How could we imagine this ridiculous system

would let a whole team and

a police van vanish without a trace?

I could draw conclusions now.

Two possibilities.

First, there's a mole in the force.

Second, there's a serious loophole in our communications system.

It's your department's responsibility, To.

Albert, carry on.

According to the armoury's records,

Van No.71 was fully loaded.

Five officers were on board.

Driver Johnny Wong, 6911,

plainclothes detective Kelvin Chang, 60625,

Sergeant M.Y. Shum, 48475,

Communicator C.M. Leung, 38543

and Joe Lee, 78633, sitting in the rear seat.

I'm treating this as a terrorist incident.

Considering its gravity, I've decided to take charge.

The operation code is Cold War.

Listen up, taking police officers hostage

is never tolerated in Hong Kong.

Never!

Lau, my team is ready.

You have to watch To closely.

To make an EU van disappear,

you'd not just block the GPS in the van

and cut all uploads and downloads,

but also kill its radio.

80% of Hong Kong's highways are equipped with cameras.

Even if they all fail, it doesn't matter.

What's best about the third-generation communication system is this:

every officer's radio has GPS.

Even if it's turned off, we can switch it on via central computer.

How come I didn't know that?

It's the Cat. 2 setup.

Not even the legislature's Finance Committee knows.

You're an admin executive, so of course you wouldn't know.

In other words,

every policeman is wearing a bug?

Not a bug - a secret weapon!

Listen! The data shows the abducted officers

are being held at the shipyard on Tam Kon Shan Road in Tsing Yi.

Until now, our EU van

and its weapons are still missing.

We have to speed up.

Because of his son, Lee has made this whole deployment mess.

Hmm.

Time is so tight and Criminal Intelligence Bureau isn't involved.

Our men will be put in danger.

Hmm.

Lau.

Do you think there's a mole in the force?

No, I don't.

Maybe there's something wrong with our communications system.

What's wrong is the operation code name.

Lau.

Lee.

You can get ready to open the window.

Lee, can we talk a while?

I understand Joe is on the hostage list.

But should you let Albert take charge of it?

I just saw the floor plans

they're using are three years old

and don't have Building Department's chop.

Since the position has been located,