Actually, the guns were built with full intention of firing
landward as well.
But dunno how come the myth that the guns faced the wrong
directions still held.
The guns did fire towards Johore and SG itself during the war,
but the ammo were of the wrong type, the armour-piercing type meant
for ships.
The problem is w/ technology back then, you can't be having these
guns to fire and hit Kranji right?