A small unit of U.S. soldiers, alone at the remote Combat Outpost Keating, located deep in the valley of three mountains in Afghanistan, battles to defend against an overwhelming force of Taliban fighters in a coordinated attack. The Battle of Kamdesh, as it was known, was the bloodiest American engagement of the Afghan War in 2009 and Bravo Troop 3-61 CAV became one of the most decorated units of the 19-year conflict.

作为一线刑警的李成阳（孙红雷 饰），不断遭到保护伞的打击，黑恶势力的陷害，甚至顶头上司，公安局长等人为了阻止他的调查而构陷他，导致他身陷囹圄，最终在中政委和中央督导组的指挥和领导下重获自由，后来他联合公检法司各部门，将盘踞在中江市十几年的两大黑恶势力团伙一网打尽，并将黑恶势力的保护伞和腐败的政府官员绳之以法，还中江政坛一个干净的政治生态，还中江百姓一个清朗的社会环境。