Lieutenant Nikolai Petrovitch Rachenko, a Soviet Union Spetsnaz operative is sent to an African country in which Soviet Armed Forces, Czechoslovak People's Army and Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces are helping the government fight an Anti-communism rebel movement. He is tasked with the mission to assassinate the rebel leader. Rachenko infiltrates the rebel movement and get within striking distance of his target, he stirs up trouble in the local bar and gets arrested for disorderly conduct. He is put in the same cell as a captured resistance commander and gains his trust in facilitating the escape. Upon finally reaching the rebel encampment, he is met with distrust by the rebels. During the night, he attempts to assassinate his target, but the distrustful rebels anticipate his actions.