Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: N'afọ 1945, a kpọgara ụdị howitzers 96 na Manchuria Kotō Fortress iji wusie nchebe ndị Japan ike n'ịkwadebe maka mwakpo ndị Soviet. Ndị agha Japan wuru ebe e wusiri ike asatọ n'akụkụ ókè ha na Soviet Union, nke ebe e wusiri ike Kotō n'Osimiri Ussuri bụ nke kasị sie ike. Nnukwu ebe e wusiri ike, nke yiri nke Maginot Line, bụ ndị 4th Border Guard Unit na-eche nche. Ndị ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri ahụ dị mmadụ 1400 nwere batrị abụọ nke egbe na howitzers, Type 90 240 mm railway gun, na Experimental 41-cm Howitzer. Mgbe ndị agha Red Army wakporo ọnọdụ ndị Japan gburugburu ebe e wusiri ike Kotō na
Operation August Storm n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ n'afọ 1945, e gburu ndị ọrụ ya.