's American leader, Major Braddock D. Mackay and his second-in-command, Captain Zapman are offered a valuable diamond, and they must pay 200,000 USD to Doon Robertse, Kwagga's competitive brother trying to buy a farm left to them by their dead father.
Kwagga, who has fallen in love with Inge, then decides to exact revenge of Mackay by ruining his platoon on the day it is to be inspected by the U.N. commander in charge of operations in Nambabwe.
He also disguises himself as a high-ranking Indian officer, ordering an automobile-challenged Bangladeshi sergeant, Rashid to park and hide a tank, because he claims it is threatening to the U.N.'s peace efforts.
Mackay's chances of passing the inspection comes when he ignores an agreement made to his sidekick Zapman, who in turn blows up his office to try steal the diamond they had purchased with the stolen cattle.
As they argue about how angry they are, Kwagga accidentally lets off a cannon he keeps to chase away baboons, which in turn blast Mackay and Zapman to smithereens.