<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ama-Type 96 amabili e- 1st Artillery Battalion ye- 4th Border Guard Unit ayiswa eManchuria e-Koto Fortress ukuqinisa ukuzivikela kwamaJapane ekulungiseleleni ukuhlaselwa yiSoviet. Ibutho laseJapane lalinezinqaba eziyisishiyagalombili ezakhiwe ngasemngceleni weSoviet Union, lapho inqaba yaseKoto eMfuleni i-Ussuri yayiyiyona enamandla kakhulu. Izinqaba ezinkulu, ezifana neMaginot Line, zazigadwe yi-4th Border Guard Unit. Abasebenzi abangu-1400 babenamabhethri amabili ezibhamu zasendle nama-howitzers, isibhamu sikaloliwe sohlobo lwe-90 240 mm, kanye ne-Experimental 41-cm Howitzer. Lapho iButho EliBomvu lihlasela izikhundla zamaJapane ezizungeze inqaba yaseKoto ku-Operation August Storm  <response>: ngo-August 1945, iqembu labagibeli labulawa. 