Marshal Vasilevsky holds a meeting at the headquarters of the Red Army, demanding the liquidation of the Japanese chemical plant in Manchuria and to prevent the explosion of dangerous weapons depots. An echelon of soldiers arrives at the Far Eastern station, including a reconnaissance platoon, which will have to find the plant. The platoon includes Sergeant San Lee, nicknamed Sanya, and his colleague Kuzmin, a former student at the Institute of Oriental Languages. To get information about the location of the plant, the scouts need to get to Harbin and establish contact with the Soviet agent Rybak.

莫桑比克，2019年。小男孩何塞所在的村庄被残忍无情的马穆多指挥的民兵部队袭击：恐怖分子射杀当地人，放火烧毁房屋，杀死何塞的父母，男孩和他的兄弟被武装分子抓走。与此同时，在苏丹，俄罗斯教官正在训练当地军队的战士，其中一名教官是经验丰富的战士格拉尼特，他不喜欢基地里没有适合他的任务。不久，一个命令传来，要把一些教官送到莫桑比克。格拉尼特和一个小分队来到穆埃多的一个军事基地，发现了一幅悲惨的景象：当地军队的士兵不敢对战士采取行动，不尊重纪律，不服从命令困难重重，福波将军拒绝分享关于激进分子部队数量和位置的信息。格拉尼特决定自己进行侦查并获得必要的信息。