Kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1945, an tura howitzers na Type 96 zuwa Manchuria Kotō Fortress don ƙarfafa tsaron Japan a shirye-shiryen harin Soviet. Sojojin Japan sun gina kagara takwas a kan iyakar da Tarayyar Soviet, wanda Kotō kagara a kan Kogin Ussuri ya fi karfi. Babban sansanin soja, kama da Maginot Line, an tsare shi ta 4th Border Guard Unit. Ma'aikatan 1400 na da batura biyu na bindigogi da bindigogi, da bindigar jirgin kasa mai nauyin 240 na Type 90, da kuma Gwajin 41-cm Howitzer. Lokacin da Sojojin Red suka kai hari kan matsayin Jafananci a kusa da sansanin Kotō a
Operation Agusta Storm a watan Agusta 1945, an hallaka ma'aikatan jirgin.