German artillery traps 2000 Allied soldiers, and their only chance of rescue is an Allied armored attack. However, the necessary equipment can only reach them in time via an ancient Roman road now hidden by sand, a road only Moffitt's father can find. Moffitt's father's plane crashes enroute to its landing site. The Rat Patrol finds the burned-out plane and Moffitt's father missing. Moffitt wants to find him, but Troy insists their priority is to find the road themselves. Troy thinks the elder Moffitt must be dead, but Moffitt believes the Germans captured him. Moffitt escapes the team and rescues his father. The team saves them, and they find the road.