松滨市，一伙潜伏在我国的特务窃取了“110机密”后，通过密电通知国外特务前来转移。人算不如天算，这份密电被公安机关截获并破解了。得知了特务的阴谋后，公安侦察科的科长石岩（雷明 饰）和一班手下开始了特务斗志斗勇的游戏。随后，一名有份参与这次行动的特务在列车上被人击毙了，使得案情更加扑朔迷离。这场猫捉老鼠的游戏最终鹿死谁手？

The Public Security Bureau intercept a telegram notifying foreign agents to retrieve the "110 secret". Shi Yan, head of the Reconnaissance Section, starts a campaign of counter-espionage, but one of his agents is soon killed on board a train.