In the winter of 1919, Moscow was blanketed by heavy snow, the entire city shrouded in a year-round coat of silver and white.
After more than a decade of construction, Buru had undergone earth-shaking changes compared with when it had first been founded. Although there was still not enough food to eat, and famine could break out in bad harvest years, they had achieved remarkably significant results in industry.
With Germany's help, Buru rebuilt its industrial system. On that foundation, it independently began developing its own aviation industry. Though it still could not compare with Germany, it was already a very respectable achievement.
Its transportation infrastructure had also improved greatly. An efficient railway network and highway network had been built in the western regions. However, Buru's leaders were no fools. They knew the Germans' vigorous encouragement to build transport facilities clearly harbored ulterior motives. Therefore, Buru made targeted arrangements as well. For example, Buru's railway standards differed from Europe's. They used narrow-gauge tracks, meaning German trains could not simply roll into Buru along the railways and had to be replaced. Furthermore, the highway network was concentrated in the western regions, still some distance from Moscow. It was not that Buru lacked the funds to continue construction, but that they did not want German tanks and armored vehicles to charge straight to the outskirts of Moscow along those roads. Rather than spend money helping the Germans build railways and highways, they might as well build a few more factories and produce more aircraft and tanks.
By this point, cooperation between Germany and Buru had basically come to an end. Buru did not propose continuing it, and Germany likewise had no desire to carry on.
Buru did not want German influence to expand further within the country. They knew full well that