The British and the American high command scheduled a top-secret conference in a desert town. On the day before the event, the Rat Patrol sights a German motorcyclist and chases him, but he gets away. Assuming that the Nazis know about the conference, Troy tries to talk the commanders out of the meeting. But instead, they assign him to be in charge of the security. Troy gets jumped while in town by a knife-wielding Arab. Sgt Roberts, one of the other "security" men, rescues Troy. Unknown to them, Roberts is a double agent planning to blow up the meeting--a fact that Troy learns.

The Rat Patrol stumbles on a German staff car, but before they can attack it, a soldier (apparently an American major) kills the driver and a guard. This Major Lansing claims the Germans captured him en route to divisional headquarters. He orders the Patrol to take him there for a secret high-level meeting. They do so, unaware that he is a German officer and Dietrich is trailing them. After he arrives at headquarters, he is to assassinate an Allied general. On the way, however, they stumble on a unit of severely injured Italians. Their officer returns with the Patrol to get his men some help and recognizes that the Major must be German. After which, the German attempts to kill the Italian arousing Troy's suspicion.