BasedonAlainGandy’sbookLesChiensJaunes,thestorytakesusbacktoMarch1945.TheJapanesearmylaunchasudden,brutallyviolentassaultontheFrenchgarrisonsintheFarEast.Thousandsofciviliansandsoldiersarekilled.StalkedbytheJapaneseenemy,acolumnoflegionnaireswhoarealreadyweakenedbyalcoholanddiseasedecidetotraversethejungleinanattempttoreachChinaandalliedbases.