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Who is she?

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The mama-san, she runs
things here with an iron fist.

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Hmm.

4
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So she's the GateKeeper.

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Controls all the opium
and the women in this club

6
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Exactly, if you want to have good time

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best to follow all her rules.

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Yes.

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I do want a good time.

10
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Oh...

11
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This smoke chokes you up.

12
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Take it easy, you
need to draw it in slowly.

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I'm not a patient man.

14
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Hey!

15
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I got a better idea.

16
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Gentlemen! No!

17
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Come on darling, we just
want a little taste of you.

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Please stop!

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Come on, girl, just give us some love.

20
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Are you here to smoke? Oh cause trouble?

21
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Oh, she's a feisty one.

22
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Do you always fight during lovemaking?

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Damn, she's a hot little bitch!

24
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What's going on here?

25
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It's fine.

26
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Just a little passionate fun is all.

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It's not, they are misbehaving.

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Gentlemen, we have rules.

29
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We pay you a lot of
money to have fun evening.

30
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Huh? A lot of money.

31
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Do you want to give us a refund?

32
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Let me find you another girl this evening.

33
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We have many pretty ones.
I'm sure you'll find one you like.

34
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No, no, no... We want this one.

35
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And we don't mind a
little rough horse play.

36
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I heard some commotion,
is someone having a party here?

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All be...

38
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You're the two blokes that
run the Ice House Factory?

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Oh Mr. Chow! Oh, Mr. Chow!

40
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It's so wonderful to see you here.

41
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These two gentlemen I
do big business with them.

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Everyone

43
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Everyone, needs ice in the tropics.

44
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Business partners?

45
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No, no...

46
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Mr. Chow is our most important customer.

47
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Yes, indeed.

48
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I spend a small fortune at your factory.

49
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Mama-san

50
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I think I would like to smoke my opium.

51
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With this young lady this evening.

52
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Could that be arranged?

53
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Oh, actually we were just about to leave.

54
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We are meeting some
friends at another club.

55
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Yes. Yes.

56
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Brilliant! Perfect timing
on my part I guess.

57
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Yes, perfect timing.

58
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Did you really want her services?

59
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What might your name be?

60
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Siu Fong

61
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Siu Fong

62
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Are you skilled into art
of rolling a bowl of opium?

63
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And not burning it?

64
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Yes.

65
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I am very skilled.

66
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Ok

67
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Siu Fong can roll my opium this evening.

68
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Great, Mr. Chow. I will have a
servant bring in the same batch.

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The same amount like last time?

70
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Definitely,

71
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same amount as always.

72
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Will do Mr. Chow. Will do.

73
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Thank you for that.

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Young men with money,

75
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have no discipline.

76
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Very bad manners at all.

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Is this your first time
inside the Battlebox?

78
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Yes, first time.

79
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You may be a bit disappointed by the decor,
but I assure you we're rather safe here.

80
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We're about 60 feet below
ground, under Victoria Barracks.

81
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This is the command center for
all British forces in Hong Kong.

82
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It really is the nerve center.

83
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Communications, signals, telegraph,

84
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and telephone exchange all located inside.

85
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Your post will be the telephone switchboard.
I assume you know how to operate one?

86
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Yes, I worked the telephone
switchboard at the Royal Hotel.

87
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Very good, an expert.

88
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Let me show you your post.

89
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You do need a good set of ears
to filter out the background noise.

90
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I will be fine, sir.

91
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That's the spirit.

92
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Ah, you must be the new girl.

93
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What do they call you?

94
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Yu Mei Fong

95
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Ah, welcome aboard, George Armstrong.

96
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I was just giving Mei Fong
a run down of this place.

97
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Oh were you.

98
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Well, don't listen to this chap.

99
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He may have the fancy
title of British spy chief,

100
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but between you and me these intelligence boys
really don't have very much in the way of...

101
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Well, common sense.

102
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Be careful what you
hear down here Mei Fong.

103
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It can be dangerous place.

104
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Don't mind George.

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He is all fire and brimstone.

106
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Everything's solvable
with a burst of artillery.

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Don't worry Charles.

108
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She will soon know all our little secrets.

109
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Switchies know everything
that happens in the Battlebox.

110
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Who is talking to who,

111
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late night escapades, that sort of thing.

112
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Let's leave this poor girl alone.

113
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We don't want to scare
her on her first day.

114
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Not on her first day, no.

115
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I do have something I want to
discuss with you though, Charles.

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Any questions?

117
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No sir.

118
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Happy listening, your first call.

119
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This is Mr. Chow.

120
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Reports are coming in that
he's working for the other side.

121
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A fifth-columnist. I
thought you should know.

122
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I will look into it.

123
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See that you do, Charles.

124
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Honestly, we have a bit
of a crisis on our hands.

125
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The Japanese have been surprisingly effective at infiltrating
a vast network of potential fifth-columnists in Hong Kong.

126
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They've even got some of the
bloody Triads on side, Charles.

127
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There's no gentle way to put this.

128
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Your intelligence
operations are falling short.

129
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You need to push back
hard on these bastards.

130
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Shoot them in the
alleyways if you have too.

131
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Outright executions!?

132
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The problem with you scholar-warrior types,

133
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You never learn to pull the trigger.

134
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Provide me a written order
authorizing such action,

135
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then I will consider it.

136
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Just get it done, Charles!

137
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He really is a loose cannon.

138
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You get all types here in the Battlebox.

139
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Alright men make sure
your weapons are clean.

140
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A jammed rifle could
cost you your damn life.

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As a Rajput soldier in the Indian army,
we must up hold the highest of standards.

142
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And today, we will scout out the
Northeast sector of the Gin Drinkers Line.

143
00:08:05,076 --> 00:08:06,556
Recently there have been some reports

144
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of some Japanese agents
operating in the area.

145
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So make sure you're ready.
Let's go have a look-see.

146
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Get going.

147
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He's been so hard on us lately,

148
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A bit paranoid I would say.

149
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Yeah right.

150
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We waste so much time
on these stupid patrols.

151
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It's the same old story.

152
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We haven't had a day
off and over three weeks.

153
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I hope that the Japanese attack us by now
so that we might have some action.

154
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Is there anything you would
like to share with us Sepoy?

155
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No, sir.

156
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Alright then, let's go.

157
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Alright, follow me.

158
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What has been disturbing you, Hari?

159
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Its been a long time sir, away from India.

160
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Four years out here marching
up and down these hills.

161
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I think I'm looking forward
to going back to Lucknow.

162
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You still have four more months, my friend.

163
00:10:01,777 --> 00:10:03,234
You are still on duty,

164
00:10:03,276 --> 00:10:05,801
and it's not over until you're
on that ship heading back home.

165
00:10:05,843 --> 00:10:07,910
Yes, sir. Understood sir.

166
00:10:08,243 --> 00:10:11,209
I am trying, I'm doing my best.

167
00:10:14,076 --> 00:10:17,343
My father often used to
repeat an old Buddhist saying.

168
00:10:17,843 --> 00:10:23,076
Learn this from water, loud splashes
the river, but the ocean depths are calm.

169
00:10:23,343 --> 00:10:25,309
I am looking for that calm, sir.

170
00:10:25,643 --> 00:10:27,968
This is the Army, not a Buddhist retreat.

171
00:10:28,010 --> 00:10:30,534
What is this Buddhist
stuff you are believing in?

172
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The same stuff that Japanese believe in.

173
00:10:34,243 --> 00:10:36,176
Be like more of rest of us, you know?

174
00:10:36,643 --> 00:10:37,877
I am like you guys.

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Just a little different.

176
00:10:40,943 --> 00:10:43,468
How the hell did I end up with
a Buddhist monk in my platoon?

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You better shape up.

178
00:11:02,977 --> 00:11:04,835
And now the latest news from Washington.

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00:11:04,877 --> 00:11:11,067
Reports are coming that the Japanese have launched a surprise
attack on Manila, Singapore and the British Colony of Hong Kong.

180
00:11:11,109 --> 00:11:13,267
They said that these attacks
is unknown at the moment,

181
00:11:13,309 --> 00:11:17,067
but stay tuned as more updates will be
arriving from our journalists in the Pacific.

182
00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:19,543
On the European battlefront,
a German submarine...

183
00:11:22,243 --> 00:11:27,209
General Maltby, early this morning the Japanese launched a
surprise attack on the American Naval Base on Pearl Harbor.

184
00:11:27,510 --> 00:11:32,276
Also this morning, the Japanese bombed our
Kai Tak Airfield inflicting major damage.

185
00:11:32,476 --> 00:11:34,735
In addition. We are
receiving numerous reports

186
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of Japanese infantry crossing
the border into Hong Kong.

187
00:11:37,843 --> 00:11:40,676
Well, we're at War,
there's no doubt about it.

188
00:11:40,843 --> 00:11:42,901
Have we had any reports
from the New Territories?

189
00:11:42,943 --> 00:11:46,668
We have, sir. There are reports of Japanese
troops heading south towards Tai Po.

190
00:11:46,710 --> 00:11:49,710
They have light tanks, armored cars
and dozens of mobile artillery pieces.

191
00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:54,234
Alright, alright, alert the troops stationed
on the Eastern side of the Gin Drinkers Line.

192
00:11:54,276 --> 00:11:55,586
We'll have to send more reinforcements.

193
00:11:55,610 --> 00:11:56,234
Yes sir.

194
00:11:56,276 --> 00:11:59,843
It's the Royal Scots holding the line directly
in front of the Japanese advance, sir.

195
00:12:00,010 --> 00:12:04,743
With the Rajputs at their side along with the contingent
of Punjabi's holding the line near the Shing Mun Redoubt.

196
00:12:05,143 --> 00:12:09,910
Mmm, this frontal assault on the Kowloon
Peninsula is probably just a diversion.

197
00:12:10,076 --> 00:12:13,843
My guess is the main Japanese attack
will still take place from the sea,

198
00:12:14,010 --> 00:12:18,543
probably by amphibious units hitting the
beaches of Repulse Bay and Deepwater Bay.

199
00:12:18,710 --> 00:12:20,910
Have there been any
sightings of the Japanese Fleet?

200
00:12:21,109 --> 00:12:24,419
The bombing this morning at Kai Tak Airfield
disabled or destroyed all of our aircraft.

201
00:12:24,443 --> 00:12:25,977
So we have no eyes in the sky.

202
00:12:26,143 --> 00:12:29,143
What we really need is a couple
of battleships stationed here,

203
00:12:29,476 --> 00:12:32,810
otherwise they will blockade
the harbor and starve us to death.

204
00:12:33,143 --> 00:12:36,143
Get an urgent cable out to Singapore
requesting help from the Royal Navy.

205
00:12:36,643 --> 00:12:37,234
Yes, sir.

206
00:12:37,276 --> 00:12:40,910
We must maintain our ability
to resupply from the sea.

207
00:12:53,743 --> 00:12:57,343
Mrs. Ho, I hope you
haven't been waiting for long?

208
00:12:57,510 --> 00:12:58,543
No, not at all.

209
00:12:58,710 --> 00:13:01,510
I had to visit a village anyway
for picking up some supplies,

210
00:13:01,676 --> 00:13:04,576
and plus had to pay you back for the cow.

211
00:13:05,576 --> 00:13:06,935
12 silver dollars?

212
00:13:06,977 --> 00:13:08,710
Yes, that was our agreed price.

213
00:13:09,243 --> 00:13:10,243
Thank you.

214
00:13:10,443 --> 00:13:11,668
How's your new job going?

215
00:13:11,710 --> 00:13:12,710
Well...

216
00:13:12,777 --> 00:13:15,376
hmm, though, there's not
much I can say about it.

217
00:13:15,576 --> 00:13:17,176
Sworn to secrecy so to speak.

218
00:13:17,376 --> 00:13:19,910
Well, at least raid their pantry.

219
00:13:20,076 --> 00:13:21,076
Keep your stomach full.

220
00:13:21,243 --> 00:13:23,443
That British food is really fattening.

221
00:13:23,810 --> 00:13:26,777
Nothing wrong with a
little meat on your bones.

222
00:13:26,943 --> 00:13:28,043
Mrs. Ho,

223
00:13:28,209 --> 00:13:30,943
you are now married, I still
have to find my husband!

224
00:13:31,109 --> 00:13:32,943
Come, let's have some tea.

225
00:13:41,610 --> 00:13:42,643
Mama-san

226
00:13:42,810 --> 00:13:45,943
Why has the price jumped up by 20 percent?

227
00:13:46,543 --> 00:13:48,476
If Japanese win the fight,

228
00:13:48,643 --> 00:13:50,910
they will just shut you down.

229
00:13:51,276 --> 00:13:54,301
Mr. Chang, I am not so
sure the place will be closed.

230
00:13:54,343 --> 00:13:56,510
Everybody likes to have a good time.

231
00:13:57,143 --> 00:13:58,610
I just saying.

232
00:13:59,343 --> 00:14:01,043
20% increase,

233
00:14:01,543 --> 00:14:04,376
not fair to long-time customer.

234
00:14:05,076 --> 00:14:08,643
Take it or leave it, that's our price.

235
00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:15,877
I have not heard much about
you. Where were you born?

236
00:14:16,443 --> 00:14:17,443
Hmmm

237
00:14:17,643 --> 00:14:19,810
You're not fully Chinese, are you?

238
00:14:20,143 --> 00:14:21,743
I had a British father.

239
00:14:23,410 --> 00:14:25,176
So you are Eurasian?

240
00:14:25,410 --> 00:14:26,410
Yes

241
00:14:27,443 --> 00:14:28,443
Well then,

242
00:14:28,643 --> 00:14:31,634
you might like my gift
that I prepare for you.

243
00:14:31,676 --> 00:14:35,601
It's all the rage in Paris and New York.

244
00:14:35,643 --> 00:14:38,309
Stockings! Silk stockings!

245
00:14:38,476 --> 00:14:39,476
Yes indeed.

246
00:14:39,843 --> 00:14:42,034
These are impossible to find.

247
00:14:42,076 --> 00:14:43,943
Where did you get them?

248
00:14:45,543 --> 00:14:47,510
That's my little secret.

249
00:14:56,143 --> 00:14:58,001
These are so lovely.

250
00:14:58,043 --> 00:14:59,810
And tempting too.

251
00:15:00,243 --> 00:15:02,943
You are a little devil, caught you peeking.

252
00:15:05,510 --> 00:15:07,209
It's in my nature.

253
00:15:08,443 --> 00:15:10,034
Another pipe, Mr. Chow?

254
00:15:10,076 --> 00:15:11,076
Ah...

255
00:15:11,510 --> 00:15:15,877
I have to be very careful
riding on that dragon.

256
00:15:16,243 --> 00:15:19,101
You know, addiction can be very dangerous.

257
00:15:19,143 --> 00:15:20,401
Oh, my, my...

258
00:15:20,443 --> 00:15:23,543
Now you're turning into
a worrisome old man.

259
00:15:23,910 --> 00:15:25,668
We can't let that happen.

260
00:15:25,710 --> 00:15:26,710
Okay.

261
00:15:27,476 --> 00:15:29,443
I will take one more pipe.

262
00:15:29,810 --> 00:15:31,109
Thank goodness.

263
00:15:31,276 --> 00:15:34,044
A rich man like you should enjoy your life.

264
00:15:34,209 --> 00:15:36,044
Why waste a good time.

265
00:15:36,843 --> 00:15:42,201
Today we have a very high quality
of opium from the Sichuan Province,

266
00:15:42,243 --> 00:15:44,877
very smooth and refined.

267
00:15:45,076 --> 00:15:46,610
It came in yesterday.

268
00:15:46,777 --> 00:15:49,376
Smuggled across the Japanese lines?

269
00:15:49,843 --> 00:15:51,376
I suppose so.

270
00:15:52,843 --> 00:15:55,810
I heard a bit about the smuggling trade.

271
00:15:56,343 --> 00:16:00,576
War can sometimes be
very good for business.

272
00:16:01,076 --> 00:16:02,601
You trade with the Japanese?

273
00:16:02,643 --> 00:16:03,476
No

274
00:16:03,643 --> 00:16:08,810
Not exactly, but sometimes in
order to be successful in business.

275
00:16:09,243 --> 00:16:12,543
I do have to work all sides of the deal.

276
00:16:13,109 --> 00:16:14,843
I see.

277
00:16:16,276 --> 00:16:18,410
Do you have brother or sisters?

278
00:16:19,943 --> 00:16:21,276
One sister.

279
00:16:21,510 --> 00:16:23,276
Oh, in Hong Kong?

280
00:16:23,943 --> 00:16:28,810
Yeah, she works as a switchboard
operator at some government office.

281
00:16:31,043 --> 00:16:34,276
She probably gets to
learn a lot of secrets.

282
00:16:46,309 --> 00:16:48,143
How is the opium?

283
00:16:48,843 --> 00:16:50,376
Very good.

284
00:16:50,843 --> 00:16:51,843
Come on.

285
00:16:52,343 --> 00:16:53,777
Have a puff.

286
00:17:10,543 --> 00:17:13,968
So the Royal Scots are now dug in on the
Western sector of the Gin Drinkers Line.

287
00:17:14,010 --> 00:17:16,210
They still have the Punjabis
and Rajputs at the flanks.

288
00:17:16,343 --> 00:17:19,576
But heavy fighting is just
broken out on Golden Hill, sir.

289
00:17:20,243 --> 00:17:23,276
The Royal Scots must hold Golden Hill.

290
00:17:23,610 --> 00:17:26,835
Otherwise the Japs will
flood into Sham Shui Po,

291
00:17:26,877 --> 00:17:28,252
and then the rest of the Kowloon Peninsula.

292
00:17:28,276 --> 00:17:31,476
Yes sir, although we are having difficulties
reaching the frontline troops, sir.

293
00:17:32,209 --> 00:17:33,910
Our telegraph wires keep getting cut.

294
00:17:34,076 --> 00:17:35,510
Damn, fifth-columnists!

295
00:17:35,576 --> 00:17:36,368
Can it be stopped?

296
00:17:36,410 --> 00:17:37,619
It's hard to know who's who, sir.

297
00:17:37,643 --> 00:17:40,052
Even the Triads are involved and
they work for whomever pays the most.

298
00:17:40,076 --> 00:17:43,968
Which is why we need to be operating firing
squads, sir. Cut down these traitors at the knees.

299
00:17:44,010 --> 00:17:45,634
Operationally impossible.

300
00:17:45,676 --> 00:17:47,586
We just don't have the
resources to track them all down.

301
00:17:47,610 --> 00:17:51,101
Damn it Charles! Your boys need to pull their
bloody fingers out and get on top of this.

302
00:17:51,143 --> 00:17:52,576
All right, gentlemen.

303
00:17:52,743 --> 00:17:55,243
This is war, chaos.

304
00:17:55,410 --> 00:18:00,267
I know it's stressful, but we must keep our
focus of defending the Gin Drinkers Line.

305
00:18:00,309 --> 00:18:03,410
If that goes down the rest of the
Kowloon Peninsula goes with it.

306
00:18:03,576 --> 00:18:05,101
Continue, Mr. Armstrong.

307
00:18:05,143 --> 00:18:06,143
Yes, sir.

308
00:18:06,176 --> 00:18:08,810
Our forces are being
pounded in Shatin, sir,

309
00:18:08,977 --> 00:18:12,576
and the enemy has a column of light tanks
crossing at Lo Wu to support.

310
00:18:13,143 --> 00:18:15,103
This is looking like a
full frontal assault, sir.

311
00:18:15,410 --> 00:18:16,810
Bollocks!

312
00:18:17,109 --> 00:18:19,243
We need to keep a
step ahead of this, Gents.

313
00:18:20,010 --> 00:18:21,810
I spoke with Governor Young,

314
00:18:21,977 --> 00:18:26,201
and he agreed with the proposal
of destroying any supplies located in

315
00:18:26,243 --> 00:18:29,443
the Kowloon warehouses
that might be useful to the Japanese.

316
00:18:29,676 --> 00:18:32,034
Understood sir. I'll have the
Service Corps draw up a list.

317
00:18:32,076 --> 00:18:34,810
We'll destroy everything
we can in the next 24 hours.

318
00:18:35,243 --> 00:18:37,276
Is that to include the port facility, sir?

319
00:18:37,443 --> 00:18:39,234
Yes, get ready to blow up the docks.

320
00:18:39,276 --> 00:18:40,443
Yes, sir.

321
00:18:50,643 --> 00:18:54,543
Nice and easy, let the
opium roll into your body.

322
00:18:56,243 --> 00:18:59,410
Being here makes me
forget the world's problems.

323
00:18:59,610 --> 00:19:00,610
Yes.

324
00:19:00,643 --> 00:19:02,810
This club is like a pond of tranquility.

325
00:19:02,977 --> 00:19:04,376
Yeah.

326
00:19:05,443 --> 00:19:08,610
But I really should have left Hong Kong.

327
00:19:09,143 --> 00:19:11,710
I just didn't think the
Japanese would attack.

328
00:19:13,243 --> 00:19:16,143
Oh, well, there's no escaping it now.

329
00:19:17,143 --> 00:19:18,176
Should I continue?

330
00:19:18,343 --> 00:19:20,877
Yes, maybe one more?

331
00:19:25,743 --> 00:19:29,143
This is my only escape now.

332
00:19:43,209 --> 00:19:45,010
What are those?

333
00:19:45,176 --> 00:19:48,209
The latest fashions
from Paris and New York.

334
00:19:48,376 --> 00:19:50,910
Really? Looks like
fishing nets for tadpoles.

335
00:19:51,843 --> 00:19:54,067
You're such a village girl, Mei Fong.

336
00:19:54,109 --> 00:19:56,143
I mean, look at you.

337
00:19:57,443 --> 00:20:00,543
Well, thank goodness mother
isn't alive to see you here,

338
00:20:00,843 --> 00:20:02,476
with male strangers and all.

339
00:20:02,643 --> 00:20:05,710
Well, our mother wasn't
as tightly wound up as you.

340
00:20:05,877 --> 00:20:07,543
She might have liked these.

341
00:20:08,643 --> 00:20:10,743
Is he your latest catch?

342
00:20:12,543 --> 00:20:13,943
Why do you care?

343
00:20:14,343 --> 00:20:15,943
I have seen him before.

344
00:20:16,843 --> 00:20:20,843
Mr. Chow, he's one of the
richest bachelors in Hong Kong.

345
00:20:21,143 --> 00:20:22,943
Mr Chow?

346
00:20:23,243 --> 00:20:30,010
Seriously sister, you need to get
out more often, expand your horizons.

347
00:20:31,543 --> 00:20:34,868
Any young men in uniform
caught your fancy yet?

348
00:20:34,910 --> 00:20:35,977
No!

349
00:20:37,109 --> 00:20:39,243
I need to help you with your wardrobe.

350
00:20:39,476 --> 00:20:43,410
The village girl look comes
across a bit old-fashioned.

351
00:20:43,476 --> 00:20:46,010
I don't need stockings to
make my legs look good.

352
00:20:46,176 --> 00:20:48,434
Okay, okay, I'll drop it.

353
00:20:48,476 --> 00:20:51,410
Look, I came here to tell you
that I had to sell the cow.

354
00:20:51,576 --> 00:20:55,010
With food prices rising so fast,
it would soon have been stolen.

355
00:20:55,743 --> 00:20:57,209
Here's your share.

356
00:21:00,143 --> 00:21:01,343
Thanks.

357
00:21:01,743 --> 00:21:05,109
You have been taking care of
that cow for the past two years,

358
00:21:06,343 --> 00:21:10,910
So really, it is yours.

359
00:21:11,143 --> 00:21:12,510
Alright

360
00:21:12,843 --> 00:21:14,176
Thank you.

361
00:21:15,076 --> 00:21:17,276
This Thursday is your birthday.

362
00:21:17,443 --> 00:21:19,276
How about I come over?

363
00:21:19,443 --> 00:21:21,643
That would be fun.

364
00:21:22,243 --> 00:21:23,401
You know, this year,

365
00:21:23,443 --> 00:21:25,109
it's the year of the snake.

366
00:21:25,243 --> 00:21:28,701
Oh, hopefully we won't see any of those.

367
00:22:09,243 --> 00:22:11,643
Shit, the Japs have tanks.

368
00:22:13,343 --> 00:22:14,943
Bloody bastards, they do.

369
00:23:02,143 --> 00:23:04,076
Sargent, Hari is hurt.

370
00:23:04,276 --> 00:23:04,877
What happened?

371
00:23:05,010 --> 00:23:06,010
Vihann is dead.

372
00:23:06,076 --> 00:23:08,376
And we saw a column of
tanks on Castle Peak Road.

373
00:23:08,576 --> 00:23:09,576
Call it in! Call it in!

374
00:23:09,710 --> 00:23:10,334
Yes, sir.

375
00:23:10,376 --> 00:23:12,910
Japanese tanks have been
spotted on Castle Peak Road.

376
00:23:13,076 --> 00:23:14,919
Better warn the troops
holding the forward positions...

377
00:23:14,943 --> 00:23:16,968
I feel really dizzy.

378
00:23:17,010 --> 00:23:17,735
You will be fine.

379
00:23:17,777 --> 00:23:19,343
You will be fine man, come on!

380
00:23:19,510 --> 00:23:21,610
You got this far, you got it.

381
00:23:22,476 --> 00:23:25,043
I can't think straight,
I can't think straight...

382
00:23:43,710 --> 00:23:45,543
Are you ok?

383
00:23:45,777 --> 00:23:47,376
Are you ok?

384
00:23:56,610 --> 00:23:58,610
Give it to my mother.

385
00:23:59,977 --> 00:24:01,676
I will.

386
00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:43,676
With the Gin Drinkers Line broken, we're going to have to shore
up our defensive postures along the beaches of Hong Kong Island.

387
00:24:43,843 --> 00:24:46,810
It's only a matter of time before
the Japanese make a run at it.

388
00:24:47,343 --> 00:24:48,910
How about the Lye Mun passage, sir?

389
00:24:49,243 --> 00:24:51,619
It's the narrowest waterway
between Hong Kong Island and Kowloon.

390
00:24:51,643 --> 00:24:53,043
Not where my focus would be, sir.

391
00:24:53,243 --> 00:24:54,943
Our coastal gun batteries have it covered.

392
00:24:55,109 --> 00:24:57,368
If the Japanese occupy the Kowloon shore,

393
00:24:57,410 --> 00:25:00,343
they'll simply shell Hong
Kong Island to smitheries.

394
00:25:00,510 --> 00:25:01,468
Maybe sir.

395
00:25:01,510 --> 00:25:06,010
But my instinct tells me the Japanese will try to
preserve Victoria, the city, at least the main buildings.

396
00:25:06,243 --> 00:25:08,176
Did you forgot what they did in Nanking?

397
00:25:08,543 --> 00:25:11,209
You are supposed to be the
Japanese expert, by here by God.

398
00:25:11,543 --> 00:25:12,868
Get up to speed, old boy.

399
00:25:12,910 --> 00:25:14,810
I know full well their history.

400
00:25:14,977 --> 00:25:19,443
But in addition to looking at the historical context,
we need to consider this from a strategic point of view.

401
00:25:19,943 --> 00:25:22,043
Nanking was not a port city.

402
00:25:22,843 --> 00:25:24,943
If I were an admiral in the Japanese Navy,

403
00:25:25,109 --> 00:25:27,109
my objective would be
to keep the city intact.

404
00:25:27,443 --> 00:25:31,003
They're going to need a good base in this area
for their upcoming war with the Americans.

405
00:25:31,076 --> 00:25:34,777
Well, that's a major reason why we would be
blowing up much of the port facilities.

406
00:25:34,943 --> 00:25:37,977
Regardless, It's the Japanese Army
that's currently conducting the fight.

407
00:25:38,176 --> 00:25:40,336
The Japanese Army and Navy
don't often see eye to eye.

408
00:25:40,443 --> 00:25:43,010
There's a lot of infighting in
Tokyo's military command.

409
00:25:43,176 --> 00:25:47,343
Charles, I understand your knowledge
of the Japanese is second to none.

410
00:25:47,510 --> 00:25:49,977
Are you perhaps giving them
more credit than they deserve?

411
00:25:50,143 --> 00:25:51,719
I mean they have
mishandled China for years.

412
00:25:51,743 --> 00:25:53,443
Why would they be more enlightened now?

413
00:25:53,610 --> 00:25:57,977
Charles, the Japanese have proven to be
consistently inflexible in their military strategy.

414
00:25:58,143 --> 00:26:02,543
Again and again, they've shown they prefer
to use the sledgehammer to the scalpel.

415
00:26:02,710 --> 00:26:05,643
Gentlemen, Pearl Harbor
happened just five days ago!

416
00:26:05,810 --> 00:26:07,209
An outlier, Charles.

417
00:26:07,376 --> 00:26:13,067
We can't adapt our entire Japanese strategy because of
one lucky strike against an enemy with their pants down.

418
00:26:13,109 --> 00:26:15,410
That operation was led
by the Japanese Navy,

419
00:26:15,576 --> 00:26:18,810
After such a smashing success, I'd wager
they had the upper hand in Tokyo now.

420
00:26:19,143 --> 00:26:20,710
Point taken.

421
00:26:21,209 --> 00:26:23,877
But it's the Japanese Army
we are currently fighting against.

422
00:26:24,043 --> 00:26:28,510
Sir, the Japanese have sunk
HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales.

423
00:26:30,309 --> 00:26:31,476
Both ships?

424
00:26:31,643 --> 00:26:33,910
Aye, sir. We just received
word from Singapore,

425
00:26:34,076 --> 00:26:36,643
Japanese aircraft caught
them off the coast of Malaya.

426
00:26:36,843 --> 00:26:38,910
Both vessels lost.

427
00:26:40,143 --> 00:26:41,376
Thank you, James.

428
00:26:41,543 --> 00:26:43,143
Goddammit man!

429
00:26:43,676 --> 00:26:46,910
If an aircraft can sink a top
of the line British battleship,

430
00:26:47,076 --> 00:26:47,810
what next?

431
00:26:47,977 --> 00:26:51,002
Without those ships, how are
we going to resupply from the sea?

432
00:26:51,044 --> 00:26:52,124
It will be impossible, sir.

433
00:26:52,276 --> 00:26:53,276
It's a bloody disaster.

434
00:26:53,610 --> 00:26:54,501
Sir.

435
00:26:54,543 --> 00:26:55,777
If I may...

436
00:26:56,443 --> 00:26:59,209
We are on a razor's edge
regards to morale in this city.

437
00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:01,910
In many ways we're
fighting a multi-front battle.

438
00:27:02,443 --> 00:27:03,710
The land battle,

439
00:27:03,877 --> 00:27:04,943
the sea battle,

440
00:27:05,143 --> 00:27:07,710
and also, a psychological battle.

441
00:27:08,076 --> 00:27:11,143
We need to be careful how this
news is released to the public.

442
00:27:11,343 --> 00:27:14,810
The last thing we want
is panic in the streets.

443
00:27:15,309 --> 00:27:16,777
Alright.

444
00:27:17,276 --> 00:27:19,510
I want you to tell Governor Young,

445
00:27:19,710 --> 00:27:21,434
about the loss of the battleships.

446
00:27:21,476 --> 00:27:22,836
He'll understand the implications.

447
00:27:23,010 --> 00:27:25,510
And caution him on how
the news should be released.

448
00:27:25,676 --> 00:27:27,043
Sir, I will send a full report.

449
00:27:27,243 --> 00:27:30,201
Also update Brigadiers Wallis and Lawson.

450
00:27:30,243 --> 00:27:31,243
Yes, sir.

451
00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:36,044
Charles, we're going to need an up-to-date
inventory on all food and supplies on the island.

452
00:27:36,643 --> 00:27:40,044
We're gonna have to make some painful
calculations on how long we can hold out here.

453
00:27:40,209 --> 00:27:41,676
Yes, sir. I will get right on it.

454
00:27:42,676 --> 00:27:44,010
What a cockup!

455
00:27:44,176 --> 00:27:45,034
It changes everything.

456
00:27:45,076 --> 00:27:47,243
Bloody Japs!

457
00:27:53,710 --> 00:27:55,543
You're turning 25 now.

458
00:27:55,877 --> 00:27:58,234
Maybe it's time to find you a husband?

459
00:27:58,276 --> 00:28:00,843
Oh, sis, I don't want
one of your connections.

460
00:28:01,476 --> 00:28:04,676
I didn't mean that
silly, not from the club.

461
00:28:05,010 --> 00:28:09,043
I was thinking of maybe
someone from the village.

462
00:28:09,410 --> 00:28:10,877
A pig farmer!

463
00:28:11,877 --> 00:28:14,576
Sis, I am going to take
my time on this one.

464
00:28:15,309 --> 00:28:18,176
I want someone reliable.

465
00:28:19,643 --> 00:28:20,643
Goodness,

466
00:28:20,676 --> 00:28:22,777
Good luck with that, men...

467
00:28:23,109 --> 00:28:26,176
Well, men they often go astray.

468
00:28:27,643 --> 00:28:29,076
Which reminds me.

469
00:28:29,276 --> 00:28:32,810
That man from the club, that Mr Chow.

470
00:28:33,476 --> 00:28:35,010
What about him?

471
00:28:36,777 --> 00:28:38,843
He is a collaborator.

472
00:28:39,209 --> 00:28:40,376
A what?

473
00:28:40,543 --> 00:28:41,768
He works for the Japanese.

474
00:28:41,810 --> 00:28:43,676
Oh Jesus, give it a break.

475
00:28:44,044 --> 00:28:46,510
You really have an overactive imagination,

476
00:28:46,710 --> 00:28:49,034
besides, how would you know who he is?

477
00:28:49,076 --> 00:28:50,810
I saw his photo at work.

478
00:28:51,343 --> 00:28:52,643
You have to be careful.

479
00:28:52,810 --> 00:28:55,330
I can't give you any details,
nor should I be telling you this.

480
00:28:55,843 --> 00:28:56,843
Just...

481
00:28:57,143 --> 00:28:57,901
keep your distance.

482
00:28:57,943 --> 00:29:00,043
That's all you have? A hunch?

483
00:29:00,943 --> 00:29:05,276
He is a Japanese collaborator, get it,
and you're sleeping with the enemy!

484
00:29:06,343 --> 00:29:08,243
Jesus, give it a break!

485
00:29:08,443 --> 00:29:11,243
Don't give me that bloody
nonsense, not from you.

486
00:29:11,810 --> 00:29:14,835
Opium, prostitution,
that club has a reputation.

487
00:29:14,877 --> 00:29:15,877
My job,

488
00:29:16,010 --> 00:29:17,201
pay for this house.

489
00:29:17,243 --> 00:29:19,309
So you're benefiting from my work.

490
00:29:19,476 --> 00:29:21,710
Don't be such a lily-white righteous bitch.

491
00:29:22,143 --> 00:29:25,777
My fucking job allows you for
your holier-than-thou lifestyle.

492
00:29:25,943 --> 00:29:27,643
Really? Is that how you see it?

493
00:29:27,977 --> 00:29:29,810
I was the one who took care of mother.

494
00:29:29,977 --> 00:29:30,977
You left!

495
00:29:31,443 --> 00:29:33,276
Because we are fucking dirt poor.

496
00:29:33,443 --> 00:29:35,176
No rice, no pigs.

497
00:29:35,343 --> 00:29:36,343
No income!

498
00:29:36,410 --> 00:29:38,810
Someone in our family has to make a living.

499
00:29:39,010 --> 00:29:40,410
That's not how it is.

500
00:29:40,943 --> 00:29:43,777
You detest village life, you
found the city more glamorous.

501
00:29:43,943 --> 00:29:45,176
You never liked it here.

502
00:29:45,343 --> 00:29:47,309
Have you finished preaching?

503
00:29:50,143 --> 00:29:51,243
I'm sorry.

504
00:29:52,643 --> 00:29:54,410
But this war...

505
00:29:54,743 --> 00:29:57,109
This war is making the city more dangerous.

506
00:29:57,977 --> 00:29:58,977
And...

507
00:29:59,143 --> 00:30:01,010
if you ever want to come back.

508
00:30:01,443 --> 00:30:02,576
Stay here.

509
00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:05,243
You're always welcome.

510
00:30:05,543 --> 00:30:08,143
You think Hong Kong
will fall to the Japanese?

511
00:30:08,476 --> 00:30:10,044
Hong Kong is a fortress.

512
00:30:10,209 --> 00:30:13,510
We are surrounded by the
water, the sea just like England.

513
00:30:13,676 --> 00:30:15,910
If the Germans failed to invade Britain,

514
00:30:16,076 --> 00:30:19,043
then the Japanese most certainly
will fail attacking this island.

515
00:30:19,343 --> 00:30:22,209
That is not what I'm hearing
from inside the Battlebox.

516
00:30:23,143 --> 00:30:25,043
Things are not as rosy as you may see.

517
00:30:25,643 --> 00:30:27,476
As you may read in the papers.

518
00:30:28,643 --> 00:30:30,643
We are on our own Mei Fong.

519
00:30:30,943 --> 00:30:33,176
There's no backup plan for us.

520
00:30:34,143 --> 00:30:36,777
Our British father abandoned us as kids.

521
00:30:37,143 --> 00:30:39,410
Our Chinese mother died of overwork.

522
00:30:40,143 --> 00:30:44,043
We are just a couple of Eurasian kids
stuck in the middle of nowhere.

523
00:30:44,343 --> 00:30:45,443
Nowhere!

524
00:30:45,843 --> 00:30:47,510
We don't have many choice.

525
00:30:48,443 --> 00:30:50,610
Just be careful of Mr. Chow.

526
00:30:50,843 --> 00:30:52,910
He is working for the wrong side.

527
00:30:53,777 --> 00:30:54,777
And...

528
00:30:54,943 --> 00:30:56,109
I'm just saying.

529
00:30:56,543 --> 00:30:59,043
At the end, at the end of all this...

530
00:30:59,176 --> 00:31:01,877
You have to choose a side, we all do.

531
00:31:02,643 --> 00:31:05,443
There is no middle ground.

532
00:31:10,443 --> 00:31:13,534
According to this communication
we received four days ago.

533
00:31:13,576 --> 00:31:17,777
There are 50,000 KMT troops heading
directly for us across the Canton Province.

534
00:31:18,109 --> 00:31:19,977
Ah, that would be a God-send.

535
00:31:20,309 --> 00:31:23,768
Really smash up the rear
guard of the Japanese forces,

536
00:31:23,810 --> 00:31:26,276
put their heads in a vice,
knock the stuffing out of them.

537
00:31:26,443 --> 00:31:28,309
Yes sir, we're expecting
them in seven days.

538
00:31:28,643 --> 00:31:30,910
Charles, any confirmation
on these troop movements?

539
00:31:31,076 --> 00:31:32,034
Unfortunately not, sir.

540
00:31:32,076 --> 00:31:33,943
We have agents all over Canton Province,

541
00:31:34,309 --> 00:31:37,443
but no verifiable reports of any large
KMT units operating in the area.

542
00:31:37,610 --> 00:31:40,376
Then we need more agents on the ground,
find out what's happening.

543
00:31:40,543 --> 00:31:42,443
We can't have another military cockup.

544
00:31:42,610 --> 00:31:45,243
I'm just saying,
there's no confirmation of these troops.

545
00:31:46,109 --> 00:31:48,343
It's right here on this
piece of paper, Charles.

546
00:31:48,676 --> 00:31:49,977
50,000 troops.

547
00:31:50,143 --> 00:31:51,543
It's right here!

548
00:31:51,710 --> 00:31:53,977
That message proves nothing!

549
00:31:54,443 --> 00:31:56,209
First we lose the battleships.

550
00:31:56,643 --> 00:31:58,501
Then the Gin Drinkers Line fails,

551
00:31:58,543 --> 00:32:02,810
and now we don't know whether 50,000
KMT troops might be nothing but a mirage.

552
00:32:03,176 --> 00:32:04,877
How could things get so messed up?

553
00:32:05,043 --> 00:32:05,643
Sir.

554
00:32:05,743 --> 00:32:08,877
I'm only saying this
message makes no sense.

555
00:32:09,843 --> 00:32:12,676
The KMT lacked the resources
to move their troops quickly.

556
00:32:13,209 --> 00:32:17,209
I would estimate if the information is true,
the likely arrival date would be mid-January.

557
00:32:17,576 --> 00:32:19,276
We can't wait until mid-January, sir.

558
00:32:19,610 --> 00:32:21,643
We can barely hold out until next week.

559
00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:25,701
Get an urgent word out to Chiang Kai-shek
on the urgent need for his troops.

560
00:32:25,743 --> 00:32:30,001
Surely, he'll understand the importance of
maintaining a British presence here in Hong Kong.

561
00:32:30,043 --> 00:32:30,634
Yes sir.

562
00:32:30,676 --> 00:32:32,076
I'll send another cable.

563
00:32:37,543 --> 00:32:39,076
What is that?

564
00:32:39,410 --> 00:32:40,919
Captain Singh, go see what that's about?

565
00:32:40,943 --> 00:32:42,010
Yes, sir.

566
00:32:44,243 --> 00:32:46,810
General, I would caution,

567
00:32:48,343 --> 00:32:51,043
If the KMT confirmed troops are on the way,

568
00:32:51,410 --> 00:32:53,234
they frequently say one
thing then do another.

569
00:32:53,276 --> 00:32:54,368
Understood.

570
00:32:54,410 --> 00:32:56,376
But we're walking a tightrope here.

571
00:32:56,710 --> 00:33:00,243
The KMT's imminent arrival has
boosted morale here in Hong Kong.

572
00:33:00,576 --> 00:33:02,743
If the news turns out to be false,

573
00:33:02,943 --> 00:33:04,101
Well...

574
00:33:04,143 --> 00:33:05,943
It might be best to keep things quiet.

575
00:33:06,276 --> 00:33:08,977
There's no doubt the
Japanese noose is tightening.

576
00:33:09,343 --> 00:33:11,777
Maybe it's better to have
people think help is on its way.

577
00:33:11,943 --> 00:33:14,510
Otherwise we'll have trouble
holding the Colony together.

578
00:33:15,376 --> 00:33:17,935
Sir, it is the damn sentry relief, sir.

579
00:33:17,977 --> 00:33:19,301
One of them dropped his Bren Gun.

580
00:33:19,343 --> 00:33:22,368
Negligent discharge. Sepoy
Ghulam Rasul is shot in the stomach.

581
00:33:22,410 --> 00:33:23,953
Calm down, Captain, pull yourself together.

582
00:33:23,977 --> 00:33:25,143
Calm?

583
00:33:25,543 --> 00:33:27,176
This is an amateur stupidity.

584
00:33:27,343 --> 00:33:30,376
You would not ask me to calm if
it was one of the British soldiers.

585
00:33:31,276 --> 00:33:33,476
I know when we are retreating from Kowloon,

586
00:33:33,643 --> 00:33:36,143
Indians are going to be the
last ones, always the last.

587
00:33:36,343 --> 00:33:36,968
Right?

588
00:33:37,010 --> 00:33:40,634
You'll get the Scots out first, and we
are going to be the cannon fodder again.

589
00:33:40,676 --> 00:33:43,676
Stand aside, Captain, that will
be Brigadier Wallis's decision.

590
00:33:43,843 --> 00:33:45,676
He'll do what's best.

591
00:33:46,243 --> 00:33:47,777
Yes, sir.

592
00:34:12,510 --> 00:34:14,010
Over there!

593
00:34:15,810 --> 00:34:16,810
Over there, over there!

594
00:34:17,143 --> 00:34:18,476
Behind the tree!

595
00:34:19,343 --> 00:34:21,010
There is so many of them!

596
00:34:26,910 --> 00:34:28,209
We are being surrounded.

597
00:34:29,810 --> 00:34:30,901
Behind the tree!

598
00:34:30,943 --> 00:34:31,943
Got him.

599
00:34:33,443 --> 00:34:36,209
They are circling us, they
are circling us everywhere.

600
00:34:36,943 --> 00:34:38,810
There must be over 20 Japs out there!

601
00:34:48,710 --> 00:34:49,786
They are shredding us apart.

602
00:34:49,810 --> 00:34:50,968
Cover our flanks!

603
00:34:51,010 --> 00:34:52,576
They are coming in.

604
00:34:54,276 --> 00:34:55,843
I am running low on ammunition.

605
00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:56,968
How much you have?

606
00:34:57,010 --> 00:34:58,176
Four more rounds, sir.

607
00:34:58,343 --> 00:34:59,743
Make it count!

608
00:35:03,476 --> 00:35:04,676
Fucking Japs!

609
00:35:04,843 --> 00:35:06,443
I'm out, I'm out!

610
00:35:07,877 --> 00:35:09,143
I'm done, sir!

611
00:35:32,176 --> 00:35:34,443
On your knees!

612
00:36:13,010 --> 00:36:15,143
I thought you would leave by now.

613
00:36:15,510 --> 00:36:19,543
Where would I go? Singapore, Manila?

614
00:36:20,243 --> 00:36:22,010
The whole World is blown to bits.

615
00:36:22,443 --> 00:36:24,510
One of my friends went to Macau.

616
00:36:24,843 --> 00:36:27,376
All the refugees are going to Macau.

617
00:36:27,943 --> 00:36:29,543
Who's gonna feed them all?

618
00:36:29,743 --> 00:36:32,309
I guess here is better than.

619
00:36:33,743 --> 00:36:36,743
Ah, you never know what's
gonna happen tomorrow, though.

620
00:36:37,576 --> 00:36:39,076
At times of War,

621
00:36:39,243 --> 00:36:42,076
everything is unexpected.

622
00:36:43,843 --> 00:36:45,376
Another pipe?

623
00:36:46,343 --> 00:36:49,343
Maybe I can smoke my way to Macau.

624
00:36:57,143 --> 00:36:58,710
Ladies...

625
00:37:00,143 --> 00:37:04,343
be careful cooking the opium tonight.
It's getting very expensive.

626
00:37:07,243 --> 00:37:11,877
Even the more experienced smugglers are
having problems bringing opium into the city.

627
00:37:12,576 --> 00:37:17,810
With all the fighting going on,
I suppose, our business will go down.

628
00:37:18,143 --> 00:37:21,109
Don't be so sure. We have
a very compelling product.

629
00:37:21,576 --> 00:37:23,309
Our women?

630
00:37:25,043 --> 00:37:28,710
Opium, our clients need their daily fix.

631
00:37:29,443 --> 00:37:32,777
You know before working at the Pearl Club,
I used to work at a club in Canton.

632
00:37:33,109 --> 00:37:36,376
Mostly Japanese customers,
wealthy merchants, top brass.

633
00:37:36,977 --> 00:37:39,910
It was one of the best
clubs in all of South China.

634
00:37:40,276 --> 00:37:41,201
Good money?

635
00:37:41,243 --> 00:37:43,643
Very good, very profitable, too.

636
00:37:44,877 --> 00:37:46,877
But, you know, sometimes a bad customer.

637
00:37:47,209 --> 00:37:48,443
You know the type.

638
00:37:48,943 --> 00:37:52,810
Yeah, always try to avoid those guys.

639
00:37:54,543 --> 00:37:57,810
I noticed you are spending
a lot of time with Mr. Chow.

640
00:37:58,576 --> 00:37:59,877
Do you like him?

641
00:38:00,076 --> 00:38:02,510
Mr. Chow, he's very generous.

642
00:38:02,676 --> 00:38:04,676
Treat me with good respect.

643
00:38:05,443 --> 00:38:09,109
I noticed he was at the
Canton Club a few times.

644
00:38:09,610 --> 00:38:12,343
Always with high
ranking Japanese officials.

645
00:38:13,243 --> 00:38:17,510
Yes, he smuggled goods throughout
all of China, even to the Japanese.

646
00:38:17,943 --> 00:38:22,043
Yeah, well, they were mostly military
officials and they paid for everything,

647
00:38:22,376 --> 00:38:24,843
the best opium, the best girls.

648
00:38:25,176 --> 00:38:26,668
Mr. Chow did not pay?

649
00:38:26,710 --> 00:38:28,044
That was the funny part.

650
00:38:28,209 --> 00:38:32,010
Mostly the wealthy merchants who hosted
the Japanese to gain favorites and such.

651
00:38:32,243 --> 00:38:34,777
But not Mr. Chow.
It worked the other way for him.

652
00:38:35,109 --> 00:38:38,510
The Japanese treated
Mr. Chow, very, very well.

653
00:38:38,843 --> 00:38:40,877
Hmm, I see.

654
00:38:41,443 --> 00:38:44,376
Anyways, just be careful.

655
00:38:44,743 --> 00:38:47,543
The tricky men can seem the most kind

656
00:38:48,143 --> 00:38:50,676
It's not like I'm about to marry him.

657
00:38:50,843 --> 00:38:52,510
You know, he was married once.

658
00:38:52,843 --> 00:38:56,109
His wife died in a bombing
in Shanghai a few years ago.

659
00:38:56,810 --> 00:38:58,343
Probably gang related.

660
00:38:58,676 --> 00:39:01,710
But at least that's what I heard
from one of the girls at the club.

661
00:39:02,443 --> 00:39:05,576
It's hard to know who
is fighting who in China.

662
00:39:06,143 --> 00:39:09,276
Japanese, KMT, Triads,

663
00:39:09,743 --> 00:39:11,243
Communists...

664
00:39:11,643 --> 00:39:13,376
The lines keep shifting.

665
00:39:13,543 --> 00:39:15,676
And the money keeps rolling in.

666
00:39:16,943 --> 00:39:18,543
I suppose,

667
00:39:19,376 --> 00:39:21,743
it's all about the money.

668
00:39:23,343 --> 00:39:26,810
We are all slaves to it.

669
00:39:44,376 --> 00:39:46,076
Sir.

670
00:39:47,743 --> 00:39:49,419
We couldn't reach some
of the Rajput units in time.

671
00:39:49,443 --> 00:39:51,543
They were scattered during the fighting.

672
00:39:52,543 --> 00:39:56,063
Some of them may not received orders to fall
back to Hong Kong Island when we evacuated.

673
00:39:57,010 --> 00:39:58,843
If they didn't make it back,

674
00:39:59,977 --> 00:40:01,943
nothing we can do for them now.

675
00:40:03,543 --> 00:40:05,910
The Island is all we have now boys.

676
00:40:06,243 --> 00:40:08,910
And the Japs aren't going to
stand for that for much longer.

677
00:40:11,843 --> 00:40:13,309
Chin up, lads...

678
00:40:13,943 --> 00:40:15,943
We're not dead yet.

679
00:40:30,743 --> 00:40:32,877
Do you know this man?

680
00:40:34,843 --> 00:40:36,877
No, not really.

681
00:40:38,476 --> 00:40:40,410
What do you mean, not really?

682
00:40:42,143 --> 00:40:44,143
I heard you speak about him briefly.

683
00:40:44,643 --> 00:40:46,044
And?

684
00:40:47,043 --> 00:40:49,910
And he may be a bad
person from what I have heard.

685
00:40:51,143 --> 00:40:53,376
Any other connection with this man?

686
00:40:53,777 --> 00:40:55,376
No.

687
00:40:57,143 --> 00:40:59,843
You have a sister named
Yu Siu Fong, do you not?

688
00:41:00,143 --> 00:41:01,710
Yes, I do.

689
00:41:02,109 --> 00:41:06,476
Did you break security protocol and reveal
anything to your sister about Mr. Chow?

690
00:41:07,810 --> 00:41:09,610
You did, didn't you?

691
00:41:12,143 --> 00:41:14,777
Yes a little bit, but just to protect her.

692
00:41:20,943 --> 00:41:22,710
Do you remember your first day here?

693
00:41:23,143 --> 00:41:27,543
Do you remember the conversation I had with the Colonel
about Mr. Chow when I put his photo down on your desk?

694
00:41:27,676 --> 00:41:28,601
Yes, I remember.

695
00:41:28,643 --> 00:41:31,643
You see Mei Fong, that was a test.

696
00:41:32,643 --> 00:41:36,243
We wanted to see if
you would spill the beans.

697
00:41:38,443 --> 00:41:43,143
Here inside the Battlebox,
secrecy is of the utmost importance.

698
00:41:44,743 --> 00:41:48,877
If we have people working here
revealing details of our operations,

699
00:41:49,543 --> 00:41:52,343
Then effectively we have a leak.

700
00:41:54,843 --> 00:41:57,676
And guess who's in
charge of fixing those leaks?

701
00:41:58,843 --> 00:42:01,176
I suppose you are.

702
00:42:04,176 --> 00:42:05,943
Quite right.

703
00:42:21,743 --> 00:42:24,109
Where are the others? Answer!

704
00:42:24,443 --> 00:42:25,576
We don't know, sir.

705
00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:27,243
Where are the other soldiers?

706
00:42:27,410 --> 00:42:28,410
Talk!

707
00:42:28,543 --> 00:42:29,810
I don't know, sir.

708
00:42:29,943 --> 00:42:31,176
Search them.

709
00:42:32,343 --> 00:42:33,710
What have you got?
- Nothing, sir.

710
00:42:33,877 --> 00:42:35,977
What have you got?
- Nothing, sir.

711
00:42:36,109 --> 00:42:37,109
Maps?

712
00:42:37,343 --> 00:42:38,376
Documents?

713
00:42:38,710 --> 00:42:40,109
Money?

714
00:42:40,276 --> 00:42:41,777
I have some in my left pocket.

715
00:42:44,710 --> 00:42:45,601
What else?

716
00:42:45,643 --> 00:42:47,877
I have nothing more,
sir. I have nothing more.

717
00:42:48,376 --> 00:42:49,401
You find anything?

718
00:42:49,443 --> 00:42:52,309
Watch, coins, nothing else.

719
00:42:55,643 --> 00:42:57,810
I guess the British don't pay you much.

720
00:42:58,910 --> 00:43:01,176
Is this worth your life?

721
00:43:06,076 --> 00:43:08,309
Soldier! Execute them!

722
00:43:08,910 --> 00:43:10,543
Follow me, we are going back.

723
00:43:10,710 --> 00:43:12,877
No, please don't kill me! No!

724
00:43:13,109 --> 00:43:14,167
Don't kill me!

725
00:43:14,209 --> 00:43:15,476
No, no...

726
00:43:16,843 --> 00:43:18,043
No!

727
00:43:19,076 --> 00:43:20,977
Have mercy.

728
00:43:22,410 --> 00:43:23,810
Have mercy!

729
00:43:24,376 --> 00:43:25,843
Don't do this!

730
00:43:26,010 --> 00:43:27,243
No, don't do this.

731
00:43:30,076 --> 00:43:31,910
Don't do this. No.

732
00:43:33,943 --> 00:43:35,143
No.

733
00:43:57,476 --> 00:43:58,668
Buddhist charm?

734
00:43:58,710 --> 00:43:59,710
Yes it is.

735
00:43:59,810 --> 00:44:03,010
Buddhist charm, it's a Buddhist charm.

736
00:44:40,143 --> 00:44:40,801
Sir.

737
00:44:40,843 --> 00:44:43,209
We have received
communication from Sai Wan Ho

738
00:44:43,376 --> 00:44:45,276
that the Japanese have
landed a sizable force

739
00:44:45,443 --> 00:44:47,209
on the eastern part of Hong Kong Island.

740
00:44:47,376 --> 00:44:48,376
Where exactly?

741
00:44:48,443 --> 00:44:50,010
The Lye Mun Passage, sir.

742
00:44:50,243 --> 00:44:52,043
It's probably just a diversion.

743
00:44:52,910 --> 00:44:56,443
That sector doesn't have a good
landing sites for a large Japanese force.

744
00:44:56,810 --> 00:44:59,243
How could they land their
armor or artillery pieces?

745
00:44:59,410 --> 00:45:00,877
Let's not take the bait.

746
00:45:01,143 --> 00:45:04,101
The beaches of Deepwater Bay, Repulse Bay,

747
00:45:04,143 --> 00:45:07,501
or a direct amphibious assault
from Tsim Sha Tsui to Victoria

748
00:45:07,543 --> 00:45:10,243
are still the most likely
points for a Japanese entry.

749
00:45:10,443 --> 00:45:13,109
The Lye Mun Passage is
probably just a diversion.

750
00:45:13,276 --> 00:45:13,835
Sir.

751
00:45:13,877 --> 00:45:16,201
While the southern beaches
would make better landing zones.

752
00:45:16,243 --> 00:45:20,510
The Lye Man Passage is the narrowest
waterway, only a few hundred yards.

753
00:45:20,676 --> 00:45:22,676
Japanese troops could actually swim across.

754
00:45:22,843 --> 00:45:25,134
Swim across, really Charles?
With all their equipment?

755
00:45:25,176 --> 00:45:27,552
Are there any reports of how
many boats the Japanese are using?

756
00:45:27,576 --> 00:45:29,443
It's pitch black outside, sir.

757
00:45:29,676 --> 00:45:31,419
It's difficult for our
spotters to get an estimate,

758
00:45:31,443 --> 00:45:34,343
but the reports seem to indicate
a few small fishing vessels.

759
00:45:34,643 --> 00:45:37,376
You can't land an Army
on a few fishing boats.

760
00:45:37,710 --> 00:45:39,443
Remember Dunkirk?

761
00:45:39,743 --> 00:45:43,143
They're over 800 vessels at Dunkirk.

762
00:45:43,309 --> 00:45:47,877
The Japanese will be lucky to find 20 or
30 fishing boats. We sank everything else.

763
00:45:48,043 --> 00:45:49,935
They could still swim across in 20 minutes.

764
00:45:49,977 --> 00:45:52,376
It's darker than the devil's
asshole out there, Charles!

765
00:45:52,576 --> 00:45:53,943
No one's swimming anywhere!

766
00:45:54,109 --> 00:45:56,309
Colonel, I agree it would be a bold move,

767
00:45:56,476 --> 00:46:00,443
but not impossible to move thousands
of troops by swimming across the channel.

768
00:46:01,543 --> 00:46:05,010
Even if by some miracle they
managed to swim to the other side,

769
00:46:05,343 --> 00:46:07,843
their rifles would be sopping wet, Charles.

770
00:46:08,010 --> 00:46:10,209
Be about as useful as a soggy crumpet.

771
00:46:10,276 --> 00:46:12,476
On the surface, yes, it
would seem foolhardy.

772
00:46:12,643 --> 00:46:16,043
But Pearl Harbor was also a
bold move that paid off brilliantly.

773
00:46:16,443 --> 00:46:19,510
Can we get any confirmation on the size
of the Japanese landings?

774
00:46:19,777 --> 00:46:20,777
Yes, sir.

775
00:46:20,810 --> 00:46:22,743
Sir, I know we're flying blind here.

776
00:46:22,910 --> 00:46:25,470
But by the time that report gets
back to us, it may be too late.

777
00:46:25,610 --> 00:46:27,109
It's only a 20 minute swim.

778
00:46:27,276 --> 00:46:31,043
In an hour or two, there could be thousands
of Japanese troops on Hong Kong Island.

779
00:46:47,476 --> 00:46:49,109
Hello, operator?

780
00:46:49,476 --> 00:46:50,476
Yes.

781
00:46:50,643 --> 00:46:52,977
Please can you patch me
through to the Pearl Club?

782
00:46:53,643 --> 00:46:55,209
Yes, thank you.

783
00:46:57,910 --> 00:46:59,510
Hello, mama-san?

784
00:46:59,743 --> 00:47:02,376
It's me, Mei Fong, Siu Fong's sister.

785
00:47:02,843 --> 00:47:04,410
Please may I speak to her?

786
00:47:05,443 --> 00:47:06,910
Yes, it is urgent.

787
00:47:11,743 --> 00:47:13,044
Siu Fong, it's me.

788
00:47:13,543 --> 00:47:16,543
Listen, I have something
important to give you.

789
00:47:16,843 --> 00:47:18,643
Please can you come round in person?

790
00:47:19,343 --> 00:47:21,843
No, I can't explain to
you on the phone... No...

791
00:47:24,010 --> 00:47:25,076
Alright.

792
00:47:25,543 --> 00:47:27,576
Okay, I will see you in a few hours.

793
00:47:28,143 --> 00:47:29,576
Bye.

794
00:47:52,476 --> 00:47:53,943
Everybody out!

795
00:47:54,877 --> 00:47:56,710
Everyone out!

796
00:47:58,343 --> 00:48:00,043
Everyone out!

797
00:48:00,576 --> 00:48:01,943
Everyone out!

798
00:48:02,943 --> 00:48:04,643
Everyone out!

799
00:48:06,877 --> 00:48:08,810
Everyone out!

800
00:48:12,977 --> 00:48:15,109
Everybody out!

801
00:48:16,710 --> 00:48:18,676
Everybody out!

802
00:48:20,810 --> 00:48:22,543
Everybody out!

803
00:49:01,743 --> 00:49:02,743
The Japanese

804
00:49:02,943 --> 00:49:03,943
The Japanese

805
00:49:03,977 --> 00:49:05,243
The Japanese...

806
00:49:06,010 --> 00:49:07,243
What happened to you?

807
00:49:07,443 --> 00:49:09,676
Most of the island has
fallen to the Japanese.

808
00:49:09,877 --> 00:49:12,977
The roads are blocked, and I just
came back from Sheung Wan District.

809
00:49:13,343 --> 00:49:14,877
Is it still under the British control?

810
00:49:15,043 --> 00:49:18,243
Yes, but the Japanese have
taken over Queen Mary Hospital.

811
00:49:18,410 --> 00:49:20,643
They're attacking the villages in the area.

812
00:49:20,810 --> 00:49:21,935
Puk Fu Lam?

813
00:49:21,977 --> 00:49:23,243
Yes, probably.

814
00:49:23,410 --> 00:49:25,376
The city is collapsing.

815
00:49:25,910 --> 00:49:27,109
Alright, ladies.

816
00:49:27,276 --> 00:49:29,143
Ladies...

817
00:49:31,910 --> 00:49:33,643
It's just a little bump in the road.

818
00:49:33,943 --> 00:49:36,710
In reality, in desperate times,

819
00:49:37,043 --> 00:49:40,176
a little opium will sooth
many ills of the world.

820
00:49:40,743 --> 00:49:43,109
Our business can survive a war.

821
00:49:43,443 --> 00:49:46,743
Maybe different customers,
different uniforms.

822
00:49:48,143 --> 00:49:52,044
But at the end, there's always
a human need to have a good time.

823
00:49:54,443 --> 00:49:58,076
Besides, I will double your
wages at the end of the month.

824
00:49:58,410 --> 00:50:01,643
Mama-san, I need to go to see my sister.

825
00:50:02,243 --> 00:50:06,143
I see, alright, be careful,
it's dangerous outside.

826
00:50:16,243 --> 00:50:18,209
We cannot surrender, Charles.

827
00:50:18,376 --> 00:50:23,043
We have orders direct from Prime Minister
Churchill that we're to fight to the last man.

828
00:50:23,209 --> 00:50:25,109
Colonel, our men have done their duty,

829
00:50:25,276 --> 00:50:28,510
thousands dead on the battlefield,
thousands more badly injured and dying.

830
00:50:28,676 --> 00:50:31,185
You expect the Japanese to honor
any sort of surrender agreement?

831
00:50:31,209 --> 00:50:34,167
The second we put our guns down,
we're as good as dead.

832
00:50:34,209 --> 00:50:37,534
We've lost control. Our troops are
scattered. They're operating blind.

833
00:50:37,576 --> 00:50:38,943
Then we fight blind, Charles!

834
00:50:39,109 --> 00:50:40,368
We have our orders!

835
00:50:40,410 --> 00:50:42,743
But at a certain point
is becomes pointless!

836
00:50:42,910 --> 00:50:45,543
We can't resupply them with
ammunition, much less food.

837
00:50:45,710 --> 00:50:46,468
Sir.

838
00:50:46,510 --> 00:50:49,386
We just received reports the Japanese
have taken over Tai Tam water reservoir.

839
00:50:49,410 --> 00:50:51,943
Nonsense, I was just talking to Jack Flegg.

840
00:50:52,276 --> 00:50:53,768
Get him on the blower now!

841
00:50:53,810 --> 00:50:54,810
Sir.

842
00:51:00,143 --> 00:51:01,176
Hello

843
00:51:01,743 --> 00:51:02,743
Hello

844
00:51:02,910 --> 00:51:05,376
Sir, it sounds like they're
speaking Japanese.

845
00:51:05,543 --> 00:51:06,835
Put it on speaker.

846
00:51:06,877 --> 00:51:07,877
Yes, sir.

847
00:51:09,276 --> 00:51:11,076
Hello, Tommy...

848
00:51:11,443 --> 00:51:13,276
Hello, Tommy?

849
00:51:24,743 --> 00:51:26,109
Yes...

850
00:51:34,176 --> 00:51:35,977
What did they say?

851
00:51:36,343 --> 00:51:37,676
They're coming for us.

852
00:51:37,843 --> 00:51:39,109
Like bullocks, they are.

853
00:51:39,543 --> 00:51:41,576
They shut off water to the city.

854
00:51:42,443 --> 00:51:45,219
The Japanese are forcing our hand,
our troops can't fight without water.

855
00:51:45,243 --> 00:51:47,786
We are in the bloody tropics, Charles!
There is water everywhere.

856
00:51:47,810 --> 00:51:50,476
Our boys still have a
few days in the tank yet.

857
00:51:50,977 --> 00:51:52,943
What about the local population?

858
00:51:55,243 --> 00:51:58,877
There are always casualties, Charles!

859
00:52:27,843 --> 00:52:29,743
Mei Fong

860
00:52:31,777 --> 00:52:33,543
Mei Fong

861
00:52:35,510 --> 00:52:37,309
Mei Fong, listen to me.

862
00:52:42,943 --> 00:52:45,543
Who did this to you?

863
00:52:46,176 --> 00:52:47,343
Oh...

864
00:52:50,209 --> 00:52:52,777
Now listen to me, Mei Fong.

865
00:52:58,076 --> 00:52:59,476
Mei Fong!!!

866
00:53:02,810 --> 00:53:04,877
I love you!

867
00:53:23,710 --> 00:53:26,076
Who did that to you?

868
00:54:19,943 --> 00:54:22,276
It's Lieutenant Colonel
Stewart, sir, in Wan Chai.

869
00:54:22,443 --> 00:54:24,243
He says they can't hold
the line much longer.

870
00:54:24,410 --> 00:54:26,777
Alright, put him on the speaker.

871
00:54:29,276 --> 00:54:30,276
Hello?

872
00:54:30,443 --> 00:54:31,634
Stuart, Maltby here.

873
00:54:31,676 --> 00:54:33,201
Maltby...? Is that you?

874
00:54:33,243 --> 00:54:35,267
Yes, it's General Maltby.
What's your status?

875
00:54:35,309 --> 00:54:38,376
The line is breaking, sir.
We can't hold out much longer!

876
00:54:38,443 --> 00:54:40,610
Any reserves? Anything that
can plug up the gap?

877
00:54:40,810 --> 00:54:44,468
No one sir. We have no reserves.
Everyone is on the line already.

878
00:54:45,209 --> 00:54:47,001
Hello, Stuart... Stuart!

879
00:54:47,043 --> 00:54:48,510
We have Japs inside!

880
00:54:48,676 --> 00:54:50,001
Godamnit! The doorway...

881
00:54:51,343 --> 00:54:51,935
Stuart

882
00:54:51,977 --> 00:54:53,143
Are you there?

883
00:54:53,309 --> 00:54:54,309
Stuart!!!

884
00:54:55,143 --> 00:54:56,676
Can you reconnect?

885
00:54:57,743 --> 00:54:59,743
No, sir, the line is down.

886
00:55:02,010 --> 00:55:03,276
I think it's time.

887
00:55:03,443 --> 00:55:07,843
With all due respect, sir, a surrender here
will tarnish our reputation across Asia.

888
00:55:08,343 --> 00:55:11,510
Yes, and so would a civilian
massacre if we continue to resist.

889
00:55:11,643 --> 00:55:13,334
Sir, the Japanese cannot be trusted,

890
00:55:13,376 --> 00:55:17,410
think of Nanking, 300,000 dead.

891
00:55:17,743 --> 00:55:20,519
With the city's water supply shut
off, we are already at the Japs mercy.

892
00:55:20,543 --> 00:55:21,543
Please, sir.

893
00:55:21,843 --> 00:55:22,843
The men can fight on.

894
00:55:22,943 --> 00:55:24,243
One final fight.

895
00:55:24,410 --> 00:55:28,843
Make them pay a bloody toll for
every street, every building in the city.

896
00:55:30,109 --> 00:55:34,376
The civilian population would be
caught up in the crossfire, thousands dead.

897
00:55:38,010 --> 00:55:41,843
Being taken prisoner by the Japanese
would be worse than death, sir.

898
00:55:44,076 --> 00:55:45,810
They will break us,

899
00:55:47,143 --> 00:55:49,076
and they will butcher us,

900
00:55:49,643 --> 00:55:51,276
one by one.

901
00:55:52,176 --> 00:55:54,376
It will test our resolve, no doubt.

902
00:55:54,843 --> 00:55:57,943
But to save this city, that's a sacrifice
we're going to have to make.

903
00:55:58,276 --> 00:56:00,610
Our men have paid a heavier price.

904
00:56:03,143 --> 00:56:04,877
And your legacy, sir?

905
00:56:05,743 --> 00:56:07,476
How will you be remembered?

906
00:56:08,843 --> 00:56:10,610
Good night, gentlemen.

907
00:56:26,443 --> 00:56:31,076
16 pipes, Mr. Chow.

908
00:56:31,777 --> 00:56:33,843
Do you still desire another?

909
00:56:34,243 --> 00:56:37,543
What is my devilish reward if I continue?

910
00:56:37,843 --> 00:56:41,076
You already spent a
small fortune, Mr. Chow.

911
00:56:41,643 --> 00:56:44,643
Do you still have enough
silver coin for the evening?

912
00:56:45,977 --> 00:56:47,510
Is that enough for you?

913
00:56:47,676 --> 00:56:50,743
For for a pipe, yes, for a pipe.

914
00:56:52,643 --> 00:56:55,777
I want the special treatment.

915
00:56:56,276 --> 00:56:59,810
The aroma of companionship.

916
00:57:04,343 --> 00:57:07,643
Have you heard of riding the purple mist?

917
00:57:10,543 --> 00:57:16,176
Do my handful of silver allow me
entrance into this enchanted land?

918
00:57:42,343 --> 00:57:44,710
Are you seeing colors, Mr. Chow?

919
00:57:46,476 --> 00:57:51,076
Many colors, more than
the shades of any rainbow.

920
00:57:55,109 --> 00:57:56,910
Mr Chow

921
00:57:57,543 --> 00:57:59,443
Long time no see.

922
00:57:59,743 --> 00:58:02,376
What game are you playing this evening?

923
00:58:02,843 --> 00:58:04,010
It's...

924
00:58:04,943 --> 00:58:10,076
Riding mists, purple
clouds, and double rainbows.

925
00:58:10,276 --> 00:58:11,576
Something like that.

926
00:58:11,910 --> 00:58:13,476
I have heard of that one.

927
00:58:13,676 --> 00:58:16,877
Very, very decadent of you, Mr. Chow.

928
00:58:17,843 --> 00:58:21,143
With the world collapsing, why not?

929
00:58:21,476 --> 00:58:23,843
Hmm, I see. Well then...

930
00:58:24,010 --> 00:58:26,843
Let me suggest you a very special delight.

931
00:58:27,010 --> 00:58:30,376
Something not normally
permitted inside this club.

932
00:58:31,010 --> 00:58:32,209
Oh, really?

933
00:58:33,543 --> 00:58:37,143
Yes, an extension on an ongoing theme.

934
00:58:37,643 --> 00:58:42,010
A double delicacy, riding two purple mists.

935
00:58:43,843 --> 00:58:46,243
I will be in heaven then.

936
00:58:47,810 --> 00:58:52,410
Yes, you will be receiving the
sweet taste of heaven tonight.

937
00:59:46,076 --> 00:59:48,843
Your tea is ready.

938
00:59:51,243 --> 00:59:53,710
Mr. Chow, drink it.

939
01:00:15,810 --> 01:00:18,243
Maybe best if you get dressed and leave.

940
01:00:40,143 --> 01:00:43,276
Addiction can be deadly, Mr. Chow.

941
01:00:44,843 --> 01:00:47,410
Maybe you picked the wrong side.

942
01:01:00,476 --> 01:01:03,309
Sir, we've lost all
contact with Mount Davis.

943
01:01:03,943 --> 01:01:06,443
What about the Winnipeg
Grenadiers in Wan Chai gap?

944
01:01:06,810 --> 01:01:08,543
Those communication lines are also down.

945
01:01:08,777 --> 01:01:10,034
Can we send a messenger?

946
01:01:10,076 --> 01:01:12,610
Sir, the Japanese are
only a thousand yards away.

947
01:01:12,943 --> 01:01:15,443
It's unlikely we will reach
anyone outside our sector, sir.

948
01:01:16,243 --> 01:01:17,943
Any word from Governor Young?

949
01:01:18,143 --> 01:01:20,201
He wants us to continue
fighting, no surrender.

950
01:01:20,243 --> 01:01:21,510
Good man, Young.

951
01:01:21,676 --> 01:01:23,010
Finally, some sense!

952
01:01:23,209 --> 01:01:25,309
We can't give them Christmas boys.

953
01:01:25,743 --> 01:01:30,209
Gents, the Hong Kong Fortress was supposed
to hold out for at least three months.

954
01:01:30,543 --> 01:01:31,810
At least that was the plan.

955
01:01:31,977 --> 01:01:37,143
Churchill did realize this outpost
was just that, an outpost.

956
01:01:37,510 --> 01:01:40,243
They knew full well in London
we were destined to fail.

957
01:01:40,610 --> 01:01:44,443
Yes, well, here we are
at the edge, still fighting.

958
01:01:44,943 --> 01:01:47,309
But for how long?

959
01:01:50,143 --> 01:01:51,343
George

960
01:01:51,843 --> 01:01:55,777
I'd like to have a word with all the men
and women stationed here in the Battlebox.

961
01:01:56,343 --> 01:01:58,343
Go and gather everyone into the room.

962
01:02:02,076 --> 01:02:03,176
Yes, sir.

963
01:02:18,777 --> 01:02:19,777
What happened?

964
01:02:19,877 --> 01:02:24,109
I don't know. 20-30 pipes maybe.
A rich man with too much opium.

965
01:02:26,209 --> 01:02:27,843
His heart has stopped.

966
01:02:28,243 --> 01:02:30,510
He was turning purple, then collapsed.

967
01:02:30,877 --> 01:02:32,610
We need to put a lid on this.

968
01:02:33,010 --> 01:02:36,710
Blame it on heart attack,
natural cause, less fuss.

969
01:02:37,076 --> 01:02:39,010
Yes, that's probably the best.

970
01:02:39,576 --> 01:02:41,843
Okay, okay, God damn it.

971
01:02:42,343 --> 01:02:45,010
Such a rich man, we
could have made a fortune,

972
01:02:45,443 --> 01:02:47,543
had he stayed alive a few more years.

973
01:02:47,943 --> 01:02:49,109
What are tragedy.

974
01:02:49,276 --> 01:02:50,676
A big loss all around.

975
01:02:51,443 --> 01:02:55,410
I have to now go file a police report
and someone has informed his daughter.

976
01:02:56,343 --> 01:02:57,843
His daughter?

977
01:02:58,109 --> 01:03:00,076
Yes, poor girl.

978
01:03:00,243 --> 01:03:03,510
She lost her mother a
few years ago and now this.

979
01:03:03,943 --> 01:03:05,109
Do you like kids?

980
01:03:05,443 --> 01:03:06,510
Yeah.

981
01:03:06,943 --> 01:03:09,610
Maybe you can go, you
know, see the daughter.

982
01:03:10,243 --> 01:03:11,476
I don't know.

983
01:03:11,643 --> 01:03:13,443
I just... don't know.

984
01:03:14,243 --> 01:03:17,410
What a God damn mess.

985
01:04:11,343 --> 01:04:15,843
Sir, the ladies and gentlemen
of your General Staff are present, sir.

986
01:04:17,943 --> 01:04:20,143
For 17 long days,

987
01:04:20,643 --> 01:04:24,910
we've done our best to defend this
small outpost of the British Empire.

988
01:04:25,643 --> 01:04:28,443
I have no idea how history will judge us.

989
01:04:29,243 --> 01:04:34,643
For 100 years, British Hong Kong has been a
successful trading post on the far end of Asia.

990
01:04:35,143 --> 01:04:38,443
For years, it's been known
as the Eastern Fortress.

991
01:04:38,610 --> 01:04:41,743
A rock of fortitude in a troubled region.

992
01:04:42,676 --> 01:04:44,076
We all know,

993
01:04:44,343 --> 01:04:46,376
that war is a nasty business.

994
01:04:46,843 --> 01:04:49,877
We've lost many good
men during this battle.

995
01:04:50,443 --> 01:04:52,109
May God rest their souls.

996
01:04:52,643 --> 01:04:55,309
Their sacrifice must never be forgotten.

997
01:04:55,643 --> 01:04:59,643
They have fought with
determination, with bravery,

998
01:04:59,977 --> 01:05:01,943
with a united front.

999
01:05:02,777 --> 01:05:05,810
No British general could
have hoped for more.

1000
01:05:06,910 --> 01:05:11,010
Well, now we're at a crossroads
and difficult decisions lie ahead.

1001
01:05:11,910 --> 01:05:15,910
I know, that many may disagree
with what I have to say next.

1002
01:05:16,777 --> 01:05:19,410
But please bear with
me in this desperate hour.

1003
01:05:20,710 --> 01:05:25,743
I have decided that we shall offer
our surrender to the Japanese forces.

1004
01:05:26,576 --> 01:05:28,343
It's a God awful choice.

1005
01:05:28,910 --> 01:05:31,877
But as commander of the
British forces here in Hong Kong.

1006
01:05:32,044 --> 01:05:33,601
I have come to the conclusion,

1007
01:05:33,643 --> 01:05:35,476
that it's only right decision,

1008
01:05:35,643 --> 01:05:37,309
for the future of the city,

1009
01:05:37,476 --> 01:05:39,109
for its people,

1010
01:05:39,276 --> 01:05:41,176
and for our exhausted soldiers

1011
01:05:41,343 --> 01:05:43,943
who are run out of supplies and ammunition

1012
01:05:44,143 --> 01:05:46,276
to carry on the fight.

1013
01:05:46,743 --> 01:05:47,877
And so...

1014
01:05:48,243 --> 01:05:51,243
My last mission today will
be to meet Governor Young,

1015
01:05:51,410 --> 01:05:54,643
to provide a full assessment
of our grim situation.

1016
01:05:55,710 --> 01:06:01,044
If he agrees that coming to terms with
the Japanese as our only viable option.

1017
01:06:01,743 --> 01:06:05,810
Then our formal surrender will probably
take place later this afternoon.

1018
01:06:07,610 --> 01:06:08,777
Well...

1019
01:06:09,343 --> 01:06:12,143
Thank you all for your steadfast service.

1020
01:06:13,543 --> 01:06:17,410
I stand before you now,
defeated but resolute.

1021
01:06:18,243 --> 01:06:21,710
No British general can ever
prepare for a day like this.

1022
01:06:22,977 --> 01:06:24,010
But...

1023
01:06:24,343 --> 01:06:25,476
remember,

1024
01:06:25,743 --> 01:06:28,010
no Empire lasts forever.

1025
01:06:28,543 --> 01:06:30,510
We might have lost the battle,

1026
01:06:30,743 --> 01:06:33,109
but we have not lost the war.

1027
01:06:33,276 --> 01:06:35,676
And with America's
recent entry into the conflict,

1028
01:06:35,843 --> 01:06:40,209
I believe, the tide of War will change.

1029
01:06:40,543 --> 01:06:43,209
And with grit and determination,

1030
01:06:43,977 --> 01:06:47,109
our future destiny is yet to be written.

1031
01:06:47,643 --> 01:06:51,676
Hong Kong will be reborn again.

1032
01:06:53,143 --> 01:06:55,476
Well, take care.

1033
01:06:56,576 --> 01:06:57,610
And...

1034
01:06:58,143 --> 01:07:01,777
May God save the King.

1035
01:07:31,443 --> 01:07:32,843
Ahh...

1036
01:07:43,309 --> 01:07:45,010
Help!

1037
01:07:47,243 --> 01:07:48,410
You okay?

1038
01:07:48,576 --> 01:07:50,143
Do you have water?

1039
01:07:50,843 --> 01:07:51,843
Yeah.

1040
01:07:52,176 --> 01:07:53,977
Yes, of course.

1041
01:08:04,176 --> 01:08:05,543
What's going on out there?

1042
01:08:05,710 --> 01:08:08,076
The British surrendered today.
- What?

1043
01:08:08,343 --> 01:08:09,510
What day is it?

1044
01:08:09,843 --> 01:08:11,476
25th of December.

1045
01:08:11,643 --> 01:08:13,243
That's the British Christmas Day.

1046
01:08:13,610 --> 01:08:15,476
That's a weird day to surrender.

1047
01:08:16,010 --> 01:08:19,743
Yeah, actually, I'm looking
for a village called Shek O.

1048
01:08:19,943 --> 01:08:21,044
Do you know of it?

1049
01:08:21,209 --> 01:08:23,176
It's up that way.

1050
01:08:23,543 --> 01:08:24,568
Thank you for the water.

1051
01:08:24,610 --> 01:08:25,468
Oh, no, no, no...

1052
01:08:25,510 --> 01:08:28,176
Keep it, there is food
inside. You will need it.

1053
01:08:28,343 --> 01:08:30,143
Thank you so much.

1054
01:08:57,143 --> 01:08:59,376
Nina, give us the room, please.

1055
01:09:07,443 --> 01:09:09,476
You have some explaining to do, Charles.

1056
01:09:10,143 --> 01:09:13,943
Our agent, Mr. Chow is dead.

1057
01:09:16,676 --> 01:09:18,543
Good God.

1058
01:09:20,176 --> 01:09:22,276
Assassinated?

1059
01:09:24,910 --> 01:09:27,109
Look familiar?

1060
01:09:32,476 --> 01:09:33,977
Poisoned...

1061
01:09:34,209 --> 01:09:37,443
You tell me, that is
your handwriting, isn't it?

1062
01:09:39,743 --> 01:09:42,510
Yes, that's my note.

1063
01:09:44,276 --> 01:09:46,810
This poison was to be given to Mr. Chow.

1064
01:09:47,243 --> 01:09:50,010
He was to use it on an operation
against some fifith-columnists.

1065
01:09:50,543 --> 01:09:52,176
For fucks sake, Charles.

1066
01:09:52,576 --> 01:09:56,410
Do they let just anyone in the
Intelligence Corps these days?

1067
01:09:59,143 --> 01:10:02,143
Someone has to hang for this
and you better hope it's not you!

1068
01:10:03,243 --> 01:10:05,410
I gave this poison to Mei Fong.

1069
01:10:05,810 --> 01:10:06,810
Mei Fong?

1070
01:10:06,843 --> 01:10:09,443
She was to deliver it to her
sister who knows Mr. Chow.

1071
01:10:09,910 --> 01:10:11,743
The instructions were very clear.

1072
01:10:11,910 --> 01:10:13,701
The poison was to be handed to Mr. Chow.

1073
01:10:13,743 --> 01:10:15,443
Why would Mei Fong get this job?

1074
01:10:15,610 --> 01:10:18,977
Because our soldiers are either
dead, injured or fighting the Japs!

1075
01:10:19,343 --> 01:10:22,309
I can't spare men running
deliveries around this city.

1076
01:10:22,476 --> 01:10:24,510
Jesus!

1077
01:10:27,576 --> 01:10:30,610
You've lost your touch, Charles.

1078
01:10:32,543 --> 01:10:33,877
So...

1079
01:10:34,676 --> 01:10:36,643
Was she a Japanese spy?

1080
01:10:36,810 --> 01:10:38,176
I don't...

1081
01:10:38,843 --> 01:10:41,943
I don't know what to believe anymore.

1082
01:10:44,243 --> 01:10:47,076
He was our man, Charles.

1083
01:10:47,843 --> 01:10:50,676
He'd infiltrated Japanese High Command.

1084
01:10:50,977 --> 01:10:57,243
He was going to keep funneling information
to London while we rot away in some POW Camp.

1085
01:10:59,543 --> 01:11:01,610
Years of work, Charles.

1086
01:11:01,777 --> 01:11:02,877
Years!!!

1087
01:11:03,143 --> 01:11:05,610
Down the fucking drain!

1088
01:11:08,643 --> 01:11:10,743
Well, I hope you're proud of yourself.

1089
01:11:11,243 --> 01:11:13,309
You absolute,

1090
01:11:13,843 --> 01:11:16,510
fucking imbecile!

1091
01:12:31,777 --> 01:12:33,243
I...

1092
01:12:34,543 --> 01:12:36,376
I am sorry.

1093
01:12:48,843 --> 01:12:50,743
This is Charles Fisher at the Battlebox.

1094
01:12:50,910 --> 01:12:52,643
I am calling to check on his daughter.

1095
01:12:52,843 --> 01:12:55,010
Make sure someone is looking after her.

1096
01:12:55,777 --> 01:12:57,243
Is she alright?

1097
01:12:57,777 --> 01:12:58,810
Yes.

1098
01:12:59,176 --> 01:13:00,610
She is.

1099
01:13:01,143 --> 01:13:03,368
I'm sure the news of his
death was a big shock.

1100
01:13:03,410 --> 01:13:04,910
It certainly was for us here.

1101
01:13:05,076 --> 01:13:07,843
Probably killed by a fifth-columnist.

1102
01:13:09,676 --> 01:13:13,243
If there's anything she needs,
anything at all, please let know.

1103
01:13:14,010 --> 01:13:16,376
Of course. Yeah.

1104
01:13:16,910 --> 01:13:18,376
Yeah...