A civil war in any country. In a tent camp, an officer, the young captain Ander, arrives on a mission from the General Staff, who accepts neither disorder nor uncontrolled initiatives from the fighters, bearded like mercenaries.
In Ander's special group, the novice sergeant Guez and the experienced captain Grezo, with whom the sergeant had a long-standing enmity, are appointed. The mission consists of penetrating deep behind enemy lines in order to destroy an objective of great strategic importance. During the execution of this combat and cunning mission, Guez begins to suspect that the commando is being used like a pawn that is being sacrificed in a game of chess...